How common is the surname Lampe?

5,290 people in the United States had the surname Lampe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,364 Americans. It ranked 6,423rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lampe?

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

Who is the most famous person named Lampe?

Carlos Lampe, Bolivian footballer, followed by Padú del Caribe.

Where is the surname Lampe most common?

Wikidata records people named Lampe in Bolivia and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Is the surname Lampe getting more or less common?

More common. 4,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,290 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Lampe

A surname, carried by 5,290 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). Lampe is more common than 96% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,290 people named Lampe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,364 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,883.

#6,423

rank among US surnames

5,290

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,420)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,414	D'Elia	5,301	58,243
#6,416	Mick	5,299	58,265
#6,417	Woolard	5,296	58,298
#6,418	Reber	5,295	58,309
#6,420	Peres	5,294	58,320
#6,421	Gillett	5,293	58,331
#6,422	Gadson	5,291	58,353

Who is named Lampe

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

94% of people named Lampe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lampes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carlos Lampe
Bolivian footballer, born 1987
Padú del Caribe
Aruban musician, 1920–2019

Notable Lampes come mostly from Bolivia (1) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lampe

Lampe 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 Lampe?: 5,290 people in the United States had the surname Lampe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,364 Americans. It ranked 6,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lampe?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lampe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lampe?: Carlos Lampe, Bolivian footballer, followed by Padú del Caribe.
Where is the surname Lampe most common?: Wikidata records people named Lampe in Bolivia and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Is the surname Lampe getting more or less common?: More common. 4,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,290 in 2010, up 8.3%.