# Lamay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lamay/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,835 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,857 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 168,254 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.2% (1,681 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a French surname, variant of Lemay (partly due to American pronunciation). * Also as a French surname, from the placename Lamath in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The placename is attested in several forms, as early as Old French la Marz (1178), first element from la, but the second element is uncertain; perhaps a Germanic borrowing (compare Frankish *marisk (“bog, marshy area”)).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lamay in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Lamb, Lam, Lemay, Lamm, Lama, Lamy, Lamey, Lane, Luna, Leon, Lin, Lynn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.