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    The surname Lemar

    A French surname, carried by 1,080 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L560

    Lemar: #23,515 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lemar #23,515, 1,080 people Lemar: #23,515 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lemar #23,515, 1,080 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemar is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Lemar.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,080 people named Lemar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,875 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,016.

    #23,515
    rank among US surnames
    1,080
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,350)

    Who is named Lemar

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

    70% of people named Lemar identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lemars

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brynton Lemar
      American basketball player, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Lemarr

    Surnames that sound like Lemar

    Lemar has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lemar come from?
    Borrowed from French Lemar.
    How common is the surname Lemar?
    1,080 people in the United States had the surname Lemar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,875 Americans. It ranked 23,515th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lemar?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Lemar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lemar?
    Brynton Lemar, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Lemar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lemar in Jamaica.
    Is the surname Lemar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,080 in 2010, up 6.3%.
    What are other spellings of Lemar?
    Lemarr.