The Lambrecht surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,719 people carried this name — #8,805 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,532 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lambrecht surname
From the German and Dutch surname, spelling variant of Lambert.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lambrecht» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,721 people named Lambrecht 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,051 people named Lambrecht 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 mapWhere they live today
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 378 people named Lambrecht.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
93 people named Lambrecht have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 117 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Lambrecht live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Lambrecht in American newspapers,
1909–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,827 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lambrecht,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mathias Lambrecht 1539–1602 · Catholic priest -
Hans Lambrecht d. 1577 · goldsmith
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Hinrich Lambrecht d. 1628 · goldsmith
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Hermann Lambrecht d. 1667 · goldsmith
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Hans Lambrecht d. 1633 · goldsmith
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Lambrecht Thorn 1490–1528 · friar
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lambrecht.
- Lamberty 709 · U.S. census
- Lambing 611 · U.S. census
- Lamble 166 · U.S. census
- Lamblin 188 · U.S. census
- Lamboley 137 · U.S. census
- Lamboy 1,022 · U.S. census
- Lambrechts 155 · U.S. census
- Lame 435 · U.S. census
- Lamer 923 · U.S. census
- Lamere 2,760 · U.S. census
- Lamey 1,178 · U.S. census
- Lami 278 · U.S. census
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