Lump Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Lump Surname Definition:

(Irish) Dweller at, or near, a deep pool or wooded valley; descendant of Lump, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright).

Lump Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2511:1,444,05999,074
Estonia461:28,7355,267
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
France11:66,422,722504,397
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1471:341,62426,307

The alternate forms: Lümp (10) are calculated separately.

Lump (37) may also be a first name.

Lump Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) Dweller at, or near, a deep pool or wooded valley; descendant of Lump, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lump Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lump Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lump is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Lümp. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lump? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 769,129th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Lump reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 37 people.

Lump is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 251 people, or 1 in 1,444,059. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 25 percent live, Illinois, where 20 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.

Lump Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lump has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lump surname grew 171 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lump Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lump surname are 15.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for the party.

Lump earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.03% less than the national average, earning $41,412 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lümp9210/
Lumpp891,747/
Lumpe891,058/
Loump8925/
Lummp898/
Lumps891/
Lumpf891/
Lumph891/
Llumpe803/
Lumppe802/
Luimps801/
Luimpe801/
Lumphe801/
Lumb756,077/
Lomp751,019/
Limp75832/
Lunp751/
Lumpova73746/
Lumpová736/
Laumb67183/
Limpf6758/
Limpp6745/
Luimb679/
Leunp674/
Lunpe672/
Lumbh672/
Lumbė671/
Lumbì671/
Loumb671/
Lumbs670/

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