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    The surname Lampkin

    A surname, carried by 6,034 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L512

    Lampkin: #5,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lampkin #5,743, 6,034 people Lampkin: #5,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lampkin #5,743, 6,034 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lampkin is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,034 people named Lampkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,168 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,331.

    #5,743
    rank among US surnames
    6,034
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,944)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,734Abeyta6,04651,066
    #5,736Hollenbeck6,04351,091
    #5,737Klug6,04151,108
    #5,738Nason6,04051,117
    #5,739Parton6,03951,125
    #5,740Futrell6,03851,134
    #5,741Duron6,03751,142

    Who is named Lampkin

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

    65% of people named Lampkin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 65%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lampkin

    Lampkin has the Soundex code L512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L512.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lampkin?
    6,034 people in the United States had the surname Lampkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,168 Americans. It ranked 5,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lampkin?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Lampkin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lampkin getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,034 in 2010, up 13%.