The Lampe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,290 people carried this name — #6,423 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,883 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 242 people named Lampe.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 82 people named Lampe 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 East Flanders.
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
64 people named Lampe 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
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 62 people named Lampe 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 Poland’s population register
61 people named Lampe have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 93 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 the Nordic population registers
271 people named Lampe are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lampe in American newspapers,
1894–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,849 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lampe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Adolph Lampe 1683–1729 · parson -
John Frederick Lampe 1703–1751 · writer -
Carl Lampe 1804–1889 · merchant -
Emil Lampe 1840–1918 · mathematician -
Frančišek Lampe 1859–1900 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 132 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lampe.
- 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
- Lamoureux 3,361 · 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
- Lamy 1,486 · U.S. census
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