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    The surname Lamers

    A surname, carried by 1,205 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L562

    Lamers: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lamers #21,633, 1,205 people Lamers: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamers #21,633, 1,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamers is more common than 86.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,205 people named Lamers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,145.

    #21,633
    rank among US surnames
    1,205
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,323)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,625Rathke1,206256,008
    #21,633Nakai1,205256,220

    Who is named Lamers

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

    98% of people named Lamers identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lamers

    Lamers 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 Lamers?
    1,205 people in the United States had the surname Lamers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. It ranked 21,633rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamers?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Lamers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lamers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,205 in 2010, up 5.2%.