Lamy surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lamy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,486 people carried this name — #18,561 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,334 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 9,045 people named Lamy.

124 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 124
Paris 934
Indre 435
Jura 397
Seine-Maritime 383
Manche 355
Calvados 326
Eure 295
Yvelines 286

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 634 people named Lamy 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 Namur.

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Where they live today

Namur 238
Liège 150
Hainaut 96
Luxembourg Province 65
Brussels-Capital 57
Walloon Brabant 15
Flemish Brabant 13

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 201 people named Lamy 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 123
Buenos Aires Province 57
Mendoza 11
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

81 people named Lamy live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Vaud 39
Geneva 15
Fribourg 10
Valais 7
Zug 4
Neuchâtel 3
Zurich 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Lamy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bernard Lamy
    Bernard Lamy 1640–1715 · physicist
  • Félix-Léopold Lamy d. 1875 · politician
  • Pierre Lamy d. 1660 · bookseller
  • Guillaume Lamy d. 1360 · Latin Catholic priest
  • René Lamy d. 2000 · racing automobile driver
  • Jeanne-d'Arc Lamy Dupont d. 2007

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

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