Lama surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lama surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,958 people carried this name — #10,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is up 68% from 1,763 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

260 people named Lama live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 55
St. Gallen 34
Vaud 31
Bern 27
Ticino 23
Lucerne 18
Basel-Stadt 13
Aargau 11

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 242 people named Lama live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 112
Mendoza 58
City of Buenos Aires 46
Salta 16
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 224 people named Lama.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Guadeloupe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Guadeloupe 38
Martinique 25
French Guiana 24
Savoie 15
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Paris 11
Haute-Savoie 9
Rhône 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 210 people named Lama live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 61
Flemish Brabant 51
West Flanders 40
Brussels-Capital 31
East Flanders 20
Limburg 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

56 people named Lama is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 56

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Lama in American newspapers,
1902–1914.

Newspaper page from The Times Dispatch carrying the name Lama
The Times Dispatch 1904-11-06
Newspaper page from New Ulm Post carrying the name Lama
New Ulm Post 1914-02-13
Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Lama
The Western News 1902-04-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 170,189 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lama,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giulia Lama
    Giulia Lama 1681–1747 · poet
  • Domenico Lama
    Domenico Lama 1823–1890 · photographer
  • Giovanni Battista Lama 1673–1748 · painter
  • Gaetano Lama 1886–1950 · composer
  • Gaetano Lama 1886–1950 · composer
  • Alfred A. Lama 1899–1984 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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