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    The surname Lapham

    A surname, carried by 2,447 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L150

    Lapham: #12,644 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lapham #12,644, 2,447 people Lapham: #12,644 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lapham #12,644, 2,447 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lapham is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    Perhaps a variant of Lopham.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,447 people named Lapham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,173 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,361.

    #12,644
    rank among US surnames
    2,447
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,112)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,636Mayor2,450126,019
    #12,637Geissler2,449126,070
    #12,642Imes2,448126,122
    #12,644Konopka2,447126,173
    #12,649Calero2,446126,225
    #12,652Fullen2,445126,276

    Who is named Lapham

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

    94% of people named Lapham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Laphams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elbridge G. Lapham
      American politician (1814-1890)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lapham

    Lapham has the Soundex code L150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L150.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lapham come from?
    Perhaps a variant of Lopham.
    How common is the surname Lapham?
    2,447 people in the United States had the surname Lapham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,173 Americans. It ranked 12,644th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lapham?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lapham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Lapham?
    Elbridge G. Lapham, American politician (1814-1890).
    Where is the surname Lapham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lapham in the United States.
    Is the surname Lapham getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,447 in 2010, up 3.6%.