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The Lamothe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,409 people carried this name — #9,535 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,165 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,409 people named Lamothe.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Landes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Landes 591
Gironde 357
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 187
Lot-et-Garonne 181
Gers 170
Lot 127
Dordogne 120
Paris 85

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 209 people named Lamothe 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 154
Córdoba 23
City of Buenos Aires 20
Santa Fe 12

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

In print

Lamothe in American newspapers,
1880–1903.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Lamothe
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1903-07-06
Newspaper page from The Black Hills Union carrying the name Lamothe
The Black Hills Union 1898-12-23
Newspaper page from Fayette County Herald carrying the name Lamothe
Fayette County Herald 1880-01-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Lamothe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Lamothe
    Louis Lamothe 1822–1869 · painter
  • Guillaume Lamothe
    Guillaume Lamothe 1824–1911 · chief of police
  • Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe
    Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe 1856–1922 · judge
  • Ludovic Lamothe
    Ludovic Lamothe 1882–1953 · composer
  • Jelly Roll Morton
    Jelly Roll Morton 1890–1941 · composer
  • Raymond Besse-Lamothe 1816–1856 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Lamothe.

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