How common is the surname Lamarca?

1,723 people in the United States had the surname Lamarca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,191 Americans. It ranked 16,635th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lamarca?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lamarca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lamarca?

Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian guerilla (1937–1971).

Where is the surname Lamarca most common?

Wikidata records people named Lamarca in Brazil.

Is the surname Lamarca getting more or less common?

More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,723 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Lamarca

A surname, carried by 1,723 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamarca is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,723 people named Lamarca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,191 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.

#16,635

rank among US surnames

1,723

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,630	Vanriper	1,724	179,087
#16,635	Debellis	1,723	179,191
#16,641	Cornette	1,722	179,295
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399

Who is named Lamarca

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

92% of people named Lamarca identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lamarcas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carlos Lamarca
Brazilian guerilla (1937–1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lamarca

Lamarca has the Soundex code L562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L562.

Questions

How common is the surname Lamarca?: 1,723 people in the United States had the surname Lamarca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,191 Americans. It ranked 16,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lamarca?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lamarca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lamarca?: Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian guerilla (1937–1971).
Where is the surname Lamarca most common?: Wikidata records people named Lamarca in Brazil.
Is the surname Lamarca getting more or less common?: More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,723 in 2010, up 0.7%.