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    The surname Lamphere

    A Cornish surname, carried by 2,315 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L516

    Lamphere: #13,203 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lamphere #13,203, 2,315 people Lamphere: #13,203 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamphere #13,203, 2,315 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamphere is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    Cornish origin

    Variant of Lanfear.

    One of 18 Cornish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,315 people named Lamphere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,367 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,259.

    #13,203
    rank among US surnames
    2,315
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,573)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,195Rizzuto2,316133,310
    #13,203Lamphere2,315133,367
    #13,210Wigfall2,314133,425

    Who is named Lamphere

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

    94% of people named Lamphere identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lamphere

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

    Other Cornish surnames

    All 18 Cornish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lamphere come from?
    Variant of Lanfear.
    How common is the surname Lamphere?
    2,315 people in the United States had the surname Lamphere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,367 Americans. It ranked 13,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamphere?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lamphere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lamphere getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,315 in 2010, up 2.5%.