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    The surname Lama

    A surname, carried by 2,958 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L500

    Lama: #10,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lama #10,782, 2,958 people Lama: #10,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lama #10,782, 2,958 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lama is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,958 people named Lama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,376 Americans. That is up 68% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

    #10,782
    rank among US surnames
    2,958
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +67.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,299)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,777Petrosky2,960104,306
    #10,779Collin2,959104,341
    #10,782Lama2,958104,376
    #10,787Sergent2,957104,412
    #10,790Beesley2,956104,447

    Who is named Lama

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    57% of people named Lama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Lamas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Lama
      Austrian rock climber and mountaineer (1990–2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lama

    Lama has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lama?
    2,958 people in the United States had the surname Lama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,376 Americans. It ranked 10,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lama?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Lama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lama?
    David Lama, Austrian rock climber and mountaineer (1990–2019).
    Where is the surname Lama most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lama in Austria.
    Is the surname Lama getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,958 in 2010, up 68%.