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The LAMEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,321 19059 0 5
United States (1880 census) 341 12972 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +980 -6087 +N/A -2
Other Countries
Australia 121 12068 0.001 7
United Kingdom 331 11945 0.001 7
Top States for LAMEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 198 6776 0.002 16
Mississippi 150 2222 0.005 53
Indiana 115 5758 0.002 19
Florida 87 17309 0.001 5
California 63 30833 0.000 2
Top States for LAMEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Mississippi 150 2222 0.005 53
Montana 39 2915 0.004 43
Indiana 115 5758 0.002 19
Pennsylvania 198 6776 0.002 16
Alabama 61 6068 0.001 14

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of LAMEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LAMEY 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 LAMEY 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 LAMEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 106 8.02
White (Hispanic) 32 2.42
Mixed Race 17 1.29
Asian/Pacific 7 0.53
White (Caucasian) 1,159 87.74
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 0

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

Meaning of LAMEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LAMEY.

Similar names to LAMEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LAMEY.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LAMEY

The following words are slight variants of LAMEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.