How common is the surname Lampert?

3,484 people in the United States had the surname Lampert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,618 Americans. It ranked 9,344th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lampert?

Carl Lampert, Austrian priest, followed by Zohra Lampert.

Where is the surname Lampert most common?

Wikidata records people named Lampert in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Lampert getting more or less common?

More common. 3,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,484 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Lampert

A surname, carried by 3,484 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lampert is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,484 people named Lampert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,618 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,252.

#9,344

rank among US surnames

3,484

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,224)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,337	Korman	3,488	88,516
#9,338	Vallejos	3,487	88,542
#9,343	Ostrom	3,485	88,593
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720
#9,350	Hepburn	3,479	88,745

Who is named Lampert

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

95% of people named Lampert identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lamperts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Lampert
Austrian priest, 1894–1944
Zohra Lampert
Actress, born 1937
Harry Lampert
American cartoonist, contract bridge teacher and writer (1916–2004)

Notable Lamperts come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lampert

Lampert has the Soundex code L516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L516.

Questions

How common is the surname Lampert?: 3,484 people in the United States had the surname Lampert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,618 Americans. It ranked 9,344th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lampert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lampert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Lampert?: Carl Lampert, Austrian priest, followed by Zohra Lampert.
Where is the surname Lampert most common?: Wikidata records people named Lampert in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Lampert getting more or less common?: More common. 3,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,484 in 2010, up 7.1%.