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    The surname Lamour

    A French surname, carried by 1,140 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L560

    Lamour: #22,543 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lamour #22,543, 1,140 people Lamour: #22,543 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamour #22,543, 1,140 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamour is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lamour, from L'Amour, from l'+amour (“love”).

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,140 people named Lamour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 881.

    #22,543
    rank among US surnames
    1,140
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.4%
    change since 2000 (was #26,125)

    Who is named Lamour

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

    74% of people named Lamour identified as Black (not Hispanic), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Lamours

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dorothy Lamour
      American actress and singer (1914-1996)
    • Louis L'Amour
      American novelist and short story writer (1908–1988)
    • Lexi Lamour
      American pornographic actress, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Lamor
    • Damour
    • Damor
    • Amour
    • Amor

    Surnames that sound like Lamour

    Lamour has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lamour come from?
    From French Lamour, from L'Amour, from l'+amour (“love”).
    How common is the surname Lamour?
    1,140 people in the United States had the surname Lamour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. It ranked 22,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamour?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Lamour identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lamour?
    Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (1914-1996), followed by Louis L'Amour.
    Where is the surname Lamour most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lamour in the United States.
    Is the surname Lamour getting more or less common?
    More common. 881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,140 in 2010, up 29%.
    What are other spellings of Lamour?
    Lamor, Damour, Damor, Amour and Amor.