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    The surname Lampkins

    A surname, carried by 1,453 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L512

    Lampkins: #18,835 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lampkins #18,835, 1,453 people Lampkins: #18,835 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lampkins #18,835, 1,453 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lampkins is more common than 88.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,453 people named Lampkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,387.

    #18,835
    rank among US surnames
    1,453
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,397)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,831Cozzi1,454212,342
    #18,835Raval1,453212,488
    #18,841Tabron1,452212,635

    Who is named Lampkins

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

    61% of people named Lampkins identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 61%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lampkins

    Lampkins 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 Lampkins?
    1,453 people in the United States had the surname Lampkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. It ranked 18,835th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lampkins?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Lampkins identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lampkins getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,453 in 2010, up 4.8%.