How common is the surname Lamm?

6,105 people in the United States had the surname Lamm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,573 Americans. It ranked 5,680th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lamm?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lamm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lamm?

Robert Lamm, American musician, followed by Norman Lamm.

Where is the surname Lamm most common?

Wikidata records people named Lamm in the United States.

Is the surname Lamm getting more or less common?

More common. 6,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,105 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Lamm

A surname, carried by 6,105 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamm is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,105 people named Lamm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,573 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,065.

#5,680

rank among US surnames

6,105

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,278)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,671	Elmer	6,119	50,457
#5,672	Shaughnessy	6,117	50,473
#5,673	Christopherson	6,115	50,490
#5,674	Serra	6,114	50,498
#5,675	Paradis	6,113	50,506
#5,676	Nowell	6,112	50,515
#5,677	Massa	6,111	50,523

Who is named Lamm

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

94% of people named Lamm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lamms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Lamm
American musician, born 1944
Norman Lamm
American rabbi (1927–2020)
Richard Lamm
American politician (1935–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lamm

Lamm has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Questions

How common is the surname Lamm?: 6,105 people in the United States had the surname Lamm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,573 Americans. It ranked 5,680th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lamm?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lamm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lamm?: Robert Lamm, American musician, followed by Norman Lamm.
Where is the surname Lamm most common?: Wikidata records people named Lamm in the United States.
Is the surname Lamm getting more or less common?: More common. 6,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,105 in 2010, up 0.7%.