The Lami surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 278 people carried this name — #70,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 255 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 823 people named Lami 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 Santiago del Estero.
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 681 people named Lami.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 135 people named Lami 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
75 people named Lami live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 the Nordic population registers
69 people named Lami 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).
Who carried it
People named Lami,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Lami 1697–1770 · writer -
Pedro José Lami 1851–1912 · politician -
Stanislas Lami 1858–1944 · historian -
Niccolò Lami 1793–1863 · jurist
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Ernest Lami de Nozan 1795–1881 · artist
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Pierre-Rémy Crussolle Lami 1798–1832 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lami.
- Lambrecht 3,719 · 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
- Lamie 822 · U.S. census
- Lamirand 255 · U.S. census
- Lamm 6,105 · U.S. census
- Lammer 142 · U.S. census
- Lammers 5,061 · U.S. census
- Lamon 1,957 · U.S. census
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