How rare is the last name Lamar?

11,113 people in the United States have the last name Lamar, about 1 in 26,896. It ranks #3,171 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LAMAR

#3,171

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,113
About
1 in 26,896
This common or more
53.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,113 people with the last name Lamar, 49.4% reported their origin as White, 37.4% as Black and 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Lamar

1 other last name also has 11,113 people.

#3,171 Hannon · 11,113

Either side of Lamar

#3,170 Larue · 11,116#3,171 Hannon · 11,113#3,173 Corrigan · 11,107#3,173 Hudgins · 11,107

Spelled almost the same

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

#26,285 Lamer · 979#27,616 Lamarr · 924#96,965 Lamare · 201

Also a first name

As a first name, Lamar ranks #1,550 of 53,615, with 21,069 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1989, with 748 births. See Lamar as a first name

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