The LAMBE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,119	21694	0	4
United States (1880 census)	132	25897	0	3
Change since 1880	+987	+4203	+N/A	+1
Other Countries
Australia	203	7454	0.001	12
United Kingdom	1,199	4518	0.003	26

Top States for LAMBE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Carolina	171	4577	0.002	21
New York	117	14423	0.001	6
Florida	90	16970	0.001	6
New Jersey	86	10222	0.001	10
California	61	32127	0.000	2
Top States for LAMBE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alaska	19	4502	0.003	30
North Carolina	171	4577	0.002	21
New Jersey	86	10222	0.001	10
Connecticut	30	13859	0.001	9
Washington	47	13558	0.001	8

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LAMBE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LAMBE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LAMBE in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LAMBE by picking someone at random in Alaska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LAMBE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Nickname

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LAMBE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LAMBE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LAMBE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	54	4.83
White (Hispanic)	21	1.88
Mixed Race	12	1.07
Asian/Pacific	10	0.89
Native American/Alaskan	6	0.54
White (Caucasian)	1,016	90.8

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LAMBE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LAMBE in historical publications

LAMB LAMBE. Charles Lamb asks, " AMio first imposed thee, gentle name?" and jumps, or rather skips, to the conclusion that his ancestors were shepherds ; but there is little doubt that the surname was derived from a common sign of houses. The Second Person in the Trinity, in allusion to the passage of scripture, " Behold the Lamb of God, &c.," is often in medieval art pourtrayed as a lamb bearing a small banner ensigned with a cross. This device usually known as the ' Holy Lamb ' was frequently adopted as a sign, and, although its sacred origin is forgotten, many a country public-house is still known hj it. Lamb and Le Lamb. H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to LAMBE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LAMBE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.