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The Lamm surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,105 people carried this name — #5,680 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,065 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Lamm.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 76
Meurthe-et-Moselle 26
Bas-Rhin 24
Haut-Rhin 5
Meuse 5
Marne 4
Vosges 4
Doubs 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

74 people named Lamm live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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

Zurich 23
St. Gallen 9
Graubünden 9
Aargau 7
Geneva 6
Bern 6
Zug 4
Thurgau 4

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 37 people named Lamm 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 21
City of Buenos Aires 16

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

In the Nordic population registers

86 people named Lamm is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 86

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

Lamm in American newspapers,
1885–1918.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Lamm
The Indianapolis Journal 1885-09-05
Newspaper page from Daily Camera carrying the name Lamm
Daily Camera 1901-10-23
Newspaper page from The Daily Times carrying the name Lamm
The Daily Times 1918-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 69,761 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lamm,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Salomon Ludvig Lamm
    Salomon Ludvig Lamm 1786–1857 · businessperson
  • Jacques Lamm
    Jacques Lamm 1817–1891 · businessperson
  • Lena L. Moore d. 1969 · politician
  • Peter Lamm d. 1916 · navy sailor
  • Fredrica Lamm 1781–1851 · painter
  • Pierre David Lamm 1795–1857 · draftsperson

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

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