How common is the surname McLamb?

3,106 people in the United States had the surname McLamb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,403 Americans. It ranked 10,373rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McLamb getting more or less common?

More common. 3,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,106 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname McLamb

An Irish surname, carried by 3,106 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLamb is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Altered form of McClave; compare McClam.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,106 people named McLamb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,403 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,055.

#10,373

rank among US surnames

3,106

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,768)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,369	Lofgren	3,109	99,307
#10,371	Jiminez	3,108	99,339
#10,372	Fasano	3,107	99,371
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403
#10,377	Fromm	3,105	99,435
#10,380	Hosier	3,104	99,467

Who is named McLamb

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

83% of people named McLamb identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McLamb

McLamb has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McLamb come from?: Altered form of McClave; compare McClam.
How common is the surname McLamb?: 3,106 people in the United States had the surname McLamb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,403 Americans. It ranked 10,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McLamb?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named McLamb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McLamb getting more or less common?: More common. 3,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,106 in 2010, up 1.7%.