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    The surname Lamarre

    A French surname, carried by 2,227 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L560

    Lamarre: #13,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lamarre #13,603, 2,227 people Lamarre: #13,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamarre #13,603, 2,227 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamarre is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lamarre.

    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 2,227 people named Lamarre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,637 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,889.

    #13,603
    rank among US surnames
    2,227
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,482)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,597Ealey2,229138,513
    #13,600Gamblin2,228138,575
    #13,603Cassity2,227138,637
    #13,612Rowlands2,226138,700

    Who is named Lamarre

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

    68% of people named Lamarre identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lamarre

    Lamarre 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 Lamarre come from?
    From French Lamarre.
    How common is the surname Lamarre?
    2,227 people in the United States had the surname Lamarre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,637 Americans. It ranked 13,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamarre?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Lamarre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lamarre getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,227 in 2010, up 18%.