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    The surname Lamar

    A French place surname, carried by 11,733 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex L560 Also a first name

    Lamar: #3,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lamar #3,057, 11,733 people Lamar: #3,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamar #3,057, 11,733 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamar is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).

    Lamar is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,733 people named Lamar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,314 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,030.

    #3,057
    rank among US surnames
    11,733
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,010)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,048Hudgins11,75526,265
    #3,049Paxton11,75426,267
    #3,050Martins11,75126,274
    #3,051Fortune11,74826,281
    #3,052Bair11,74026,299
    #3,053Dorman11,73926,301
    #3,055Rains11,73726,305

    Who is named Lamar

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

    51% of people named Lamar identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lamars

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mirabeau B. Lamar
      American politician (1798–1859)
    • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
      American lawyer, politician and judge (1825-1893)
    • Bo Lamar
      American basketball player (born 1951)
    • Joseph Rucker Lamar
      American Supreme Court Justice (1857-1916)

    Notable Lamars come mostly from the United States (3) and Republic of Texas (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lamar

    Lamar has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lamar come from?
    From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).
    How common is the surname Lamar?
    11,733 people in the United States had the surname Lamar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,314 Americans. It ranked 3,057th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamar?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Lamar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lamar?
    Mirabeau B. Lamar, American politician (1798–1859), followed by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar.
    Where is the surname Lamar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lamar in the United States and Republic of Texas.
    How do you pronounce Lamar?
    Lamar is /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Lamar?
    Lamar is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lamar getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,733 in 2010, up 6.4%.
    Is Lamar also a first name?
    Yes. Lamar is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.