The Lamoureux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,361 people carried this name — #9,658 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,295 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lamoureux surname
From French Lamoureux, from l'Amoureux, from l'+amoureux (“lover”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lamoureux» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,613 people named Lamoureux.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Lamoureux live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 31 people named Lamoureux 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lamoureux in American newspapers,
1890–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,375 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lamoureux,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abraham César Lamoureux 1640–1692 · engineer -
Abraham César Lamoureux 1640–1692 · engineer
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Abraham César Lamoureux 1640–1692 · engineer
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Charles Lamoureux 1834–1899 · conductor -
Jean Lamoureux 1880–1918 · writer -
Claude Lamoureux 1640–1701 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lamoureux.
- Lamore 925 · U.S. census
- Lamorte 712 · U.S. census
- Lamothe 3,409 · U.S. census
- Lamotte 2,289 · U.S. census
- Lamour 1,140 · U.S. census
- Lamoure 148 · U.S. census
- Lampe 5,290 · U.S. census
- Lampert 3,484 · U.S. census
- Lamperti 133 · U.S. census
- Lample 130 · U.S. census
- Lampson 836 · U.S. census
- Lams 194 · U.S. census
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