How common is the surname Lamp?

4,042 people in the United States had the surname Lamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,384 Americans. It ranked 8,209th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lamp?

Jeff Lamp, American basketball player (born 1959).

Where is the surname Lamp most common?

Wikidata records people named Lamp in the United States.

Is the surname Lamp getting more or less common?

More common. 4,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,042 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Lamp

A surname, carried by 4,042 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamp is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,042 people named Lamp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,384 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,000.

#8,209

rank among US surnames

4,042

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,671)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,201	Macomber	4,047	76,290
#8,205	Gallup	4,046	76,309
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384
#8,212	Delisle	4,041	76,403
#8,213	Hartsell	4,040	76,422
#8,216	Ji	4,039	76,441

Who is named Lamp

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

94% of people named Lamp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lamps

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Lamp
American basketball player (born 1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lamp

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lamp?: 4,042 people in the United States had the surname Lamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,384 Americans. It ranked 8,209th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lamp?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lamp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Lamp?: Jeff Lamp, American basketball player (born 1959).
Where is the surname Lamp most common?: Wikidata records people named Lamp in the United States.
Is the surname Lamp getting more or less common?: More common. 4,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,042 in 2010, up 1.1%.