The Lampkin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,034 people carried this name — #5,743 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,800 people counted. That is up 13% from 5,331 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lampkin surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Lambert’.

His entry covers Lambkin, Lampkin, Lambking and Lamkin.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 464 · public domain.

In print

Lampkin in American newspapers,
1897–1898.

Newspaper page from Orleans County Monitor carrying the name Lampkin
Orleans County Monitor 1898-02-28
Newspaper page from Bellows Falls Times carrying the name Lampkin
Bellows Falls Times 1897-11-06
Newspaper page from Vilas County News carrying the name Lampkin
Vilas County News 1898-09-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,738 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lampkin in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

314 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lampkin. The most, 78, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 13.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 261
New South Wales 25
Queensland 15
Victoria 6
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lampkin.

Who carried it

People named Lampkin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ray Lampkin
    Ray Lampkin 1947–2026 · boxer
  • Sheilla Lampkin 1945–2016 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lampkin,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States240 records

240 records of the Lampkin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 140
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lawrence S. Lampkin

    Born 1919 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1941 at Camden; auto mechanic. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martin Lampkin

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Erin from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John B. Lampkin

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1941, died 1985; buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 240 records for Lampkin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia101 records

101 records of the Lampkin name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 96
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George John Lampkin

    Married 1856 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 26. Died 1905 in Tasmania, aged 75.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Edward Lampkin

    Born 1899 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1939 in Tasmania, aged 39.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frank Thomas Lampkin

    Former gardener of Cheltenham, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 101 records for Lampkin in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Lampkin name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Lampkin

    Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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