Find out how popular the last name Lambertson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lambertson.

Lambertson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lambertson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lambertson in America

Lambertson is the 22481st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lambertson surname appeared 1,144 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lambertson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lambertson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lambertson

The surname LAMBERTSON is of Anglo-Saxon origin, derived from the personal name Lambert. It is a locational name, meaning "son of Lambert," from a place called Lamberton or Lambertoun. The name traces its roots back to the regions of Northumberland and Durham in England during the early medieval period.

The name Lambert itself is derived from the Germanic words "lant" meaning "land" and "berht" meaning "bright" or "illustrious." It was a popular personal name among the Anglo-Saxons, and many places were named after individuals bearing this name. The earliest recorded spelling of the surname LAMBERTSON appears in the Pipe Rolls of Northumberland in 1195.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, a survey of landowners commissioned by William the Conqueror, there are references to several individuals with the name Lambert, although the specific spelling LAMBERTSON is not mentioned. The Domesday Book records a Lambertus holding lands in Gloucestershire and a Lambart in Nottinghamshire.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname LAMBERTSON can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire in 1230, where a Robert Lambertson is listed. In the Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire from 1273, a John Lambertson is mentioned as holding lands in the village of Brampton.

Notable historical figures bearing the surname LAMBERTSON include Sir John Lambertson (1540-1612), an English merchant and Member of Parliament for the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Another prominent figure was William Lambertson (1637-1689), a Scottish Presbyterian minister and author who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1688.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the surname LAMBERTSON is that of Peter Lambertson, a Dutch immigrant who settled in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) in the mid-17th century. His son, Pieter Lambertson, was born in 1656 and is considered one of the earliest known American ancestors to bear the surname.

Other notable individuals with the surname LAMBERTSON throughout history include James Lambertson (1815-1892), a Scottish-born American businessman and philanthropist who made his fortune in the textile industry in Philadelphia, and Alfred Lambertson (1894-1976), a Danish-American architect known for his work in the Art Deco style.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lambertson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lambertson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lambertson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lambertson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lambertson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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