How common is the surname Lamy?

1,486 people in the United States had the surname Lamy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lamy?

Jenny Lamy, Australian sprinter, followed by Benoît Lamy.

Where is the surname Lamy most common?

Wikidata records people named Lamy in Belgium, Australia and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Lamy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Lamy

A surname, carried by 1,486 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamy is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,486 people named Lamy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,334.

#18,561

rank among US surnames

1,486

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,927)

Who is named Lamy

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

65% of people named Lamy identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lamys

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jenny Lamy
Australian sprinter, born 1949
Benoît Lamy
Belgian film director, producer and screenwriter (1945–2008)
James Lamy
Bobsledder (1928–1992)
Claude-Auguste Lamy
19th-century French chemist, 1820–1878
Thomas Joseph Lamy
Biblical scholar, orientalist. (1827–1907)

Notable Lamys come mostly from Belgium (2), Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lamy

Lamy has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Questions

How common is the surname Lamy?: 1,486 people in the United States had the surname Lamy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lamy?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Lamy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lamy?: Jenny Lamy, Australian sprinter, followed by Benoît Lamy.
Where is the surname Lamy most common?: Wikidata records people named Lamy in Belgium, Australia and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Lamy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 11%.