How common is the surname Lattimore?

5,068 people in the United States had the surname Lattimore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,921 Americans. It ranked 6,664th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lattimore?

Owen Lattimore, American scholar of Central Asia (1900-1989), followed by Kenny Lattimore.

Where is the surname Lattimore most common?

Wikidata records people named Lattimore in the United States.

Is the surname Lattimore getting more or less common?

More common. 4,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,068 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Lattimore

A Latin surname, carried by 5,068 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lattimore is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

From Vulgar Latin *latimarus (“translator, interpreter”), from Latin lătīnārius (“interpreter; Latinophone”).

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,068 people named Lattimore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,921 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,578.

#6,664

rank among US surnames

5,068

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,655	Galbreath	5,083	60,741
#6,656	Burson	5,082	60,753
#6,657	Hammack	5,080	60,777
#6,658	Beauregard	5,078	60,801
#6,661	Forest	5,076	60,825
#6,662	Dore	5,075	60,837
#6,663	Vanbuskirk	5,073	60,861

Who is named Lattimore

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

67% of people named Lattimore identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 67%
White (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Lattimores

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Owen Lattimore
American scholar of Central Asia (1900-1989)
Kenny Lattimore
American singer, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lattimore

Lattimore has the Soundex code L356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L356.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lattimore come from?: From Vulgar Latin *latimarus (“translator, interpreter”), from Latin lătīnārius (“interpreter; Latinophone”).
How common is the surname Lattimore?: 5,068 people in the United States had the surname Lattimore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,921 Americans. It ranked 6,664th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lattimore?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Lattimore identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lattimore?: Owen Lattimore, American scholar of Central Asia (1900-1989), followed by Kenny Lattimore.
Where is the surname Lattimore most common?: Wikidata records people named Lattimore in the United States.
Is the surname Lattimore getting more or less common?: More common. 4,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,068 in 2010, up 11%.