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    The surname Lamb

    An English nickname surname, carried by 59,913 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L510

    Lamb: #561 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Lamb #561, 59,913 people Lamb: #561 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Lamb #561, 59,913 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamb is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    1. From Middle English lamb as a nickname. 2. From a short form of Lambert. 3. Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luain. 4. Possibly also a translation of French agneau.

    Lamb is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 59,913 people named Lamb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,153 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 58,555.

    #561
    rank among US surnames
    59,913
    people in 2010
    20
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #511)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #552Patrick60,8455,074
    #553Pineda60,8205,076
    #554Burnett60,7915,079
    #555Mercado60,7615,081
    #556Santana60,6675,089
    #557Shepherd60,4795,105
    #558Bautista60,2645,123

    Who is named Lamb

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

    86% of people named Lamb identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lambs

    24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Willis Lamb
      American physicist (1913–2008)
    • Charles Lamb
      British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)
    • Conor Lamb
      American politician and attorney (born 1984)
    • Jeremy Lamb
      American basketball player (born 1992)
    • Joseph Lamb
      American composer of ragtime music (1887–1960)
    • Harold Lamb
      American historian and novelist (1892–1962)
    • Doron Lamb
      American basketball player (born 1991)
    • William F. Lamb
      Architect (1883–1952)
    • CeeDee Lamb
      American football player (born 1999)
    • Anthony Lamb
      American basketball player (born 1998)
    • Nigel Lamb
      British air racer, born 1956
    • Gil Lamb
      Actor (1904-1995)

    Notable Lambs come mostly from the United States (17), the United Kingdom (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lamb

    Lamb has the Soundex code L510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L510.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lamb come from?
    1. From Middle English lamb as a nickname. 2. From a short form of Lambert. 3. Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luain. 4. Possibly also a translation of French agneau.
    How common is the surname Lamb?
    59,913 people in the United States had the surname Lamb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,153 Americans. It ranked 561st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamb?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lamb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lamb?
    Willis Lamb, American physicist (1913–2008), followed by Charles Lamb.
    Where is the surname Lamb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lamb in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
    What type of surname is Lamb?
    Lamb is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Lamb getting more or less common?
    More common. 58,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 59,913 in 2010, up 2.3%.