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The surname Lamons

A surname, carried by 1,092 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L552

Lamons: #23,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lamons #23,315, 1,092 people Lamons: #23,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamons #23,315, 1,092 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamons is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Lemons.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,092 people named Lamons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 960.

#23,315
rank among US surnames
1,092
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+13.8%
change since 2000 (was #24,432)

Who is named Lamons

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

64% of people named Lamons identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 64%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, 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 Lamons

Lamons has the Soundex code L552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L552.

Questions

Where does the surname Lamons come from?
Variant of Lemons.
How common is the surname Lamons?
1,092 people in the United States had the surname Lamons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. It ranked 23,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lamons?
In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Lamons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lamons getting more or less common?
More common. 960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,092 in 2010, up 14%.