The Lamas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,621 people carried this name — #6,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 42% from 3,962 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 15,966 people named Lamas 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 Jujuy.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
158 people named Lamas live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Lamas.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Lamas is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Lamas in American newspapers,
1904–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 170,189 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lamas,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Benito Lamas 1787–1857 · Catholic priest -
José Benito Lamas 1787–1857 · Catholic priest -
Luis Lamas 1793–1870 · politician -
Luis Lamas 1793–1864 · politician
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Diego Eugenio Lamas 1810–1868 · military personnel -
José Ángel Lamas 1775–1814 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lamas.
- Lamarca 1,723 · U.S. census
- Lamarche 2,077 · U.S. census
- Lamare 177 · U.S. census
- Lamarque 508 · U.S. census
- Lamarre 2,227 · U.S. census
- Lamartiniere 206 · U.S. census
- Lamay 1,835 · U.S. census
- Lambard 106 · U.S. census
- Lambart 100 · U.S. census
- Lamberger 143 · U.S. census
- Lambert 93,678 · U.S. census
- Lamberti 948 · U.S. census
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