How common is the last name Lam?

59,770 people in the United States have the last name Lam, about 1 in 5,001. It ranks #555 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LAM

#555

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
59,770
About
1 in 5,001
This common or more
33.1%
Who bears it

Of the 59,770 people with the last name Lam, 87.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.2% as White and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lam

#553 Marsh · 59,877#554 Bautista · 59,869#556 Norton · 59,666#557 Barrera · 59,196

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lam, most common first.

#5,648 Lamm · 5,915#7,106 Lama · 4,538#7,828 Lan · 4,062#17,371 Lamy · 1,591#35,228 Lame · 689#39,103 Lahm · 608#48,348 Lami · 472

Also a first name

As a first name, Lam ranks #3,669 of 53,615, with 5,542 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1984, with 28 births. See Lam as a first name

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