How common is the surname Lamarr?

1,239 people in the United States had the surname Lamarr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lamarr?

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum commun, followed by Phil LaMarr.

Where is the surname Lamarr most common?

Wikidata records people named Lamarr in the United States.

Is the surname Lamarr getting more or less common?

More common. 933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Lamarr

A surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamarr is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,239 people named Lamarr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 933.

#21,184

rank among US surnames

1,239

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+32.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,993)

Who is named Lamarr

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

64% of people named Lamarr identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lamarrs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum commun, 1914–2000
Phil LaMarr
American actor, born 1967
Barbara La Marr
American actress and screenwriter (1896-1926)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lamarr

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lamarr?: 1,239 people in the United States had the surname Lamarr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lamarr?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Lamarr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lamarr?: Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum commun, followed by Phil LaMarr.
Where is the surname Lamarr most common?: Wikidata records people named Lamarr in the United States.
Is the surname Lamarr getting more or less common?: More common. 933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 33%.