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

Lampe, 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 Lampe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lampe in America

Lampe is the 6423rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lampe surname appeared 5,290 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Lampe.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lampe 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 Lampe

The surname Lampe is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word "lampe," meaning "lamp" or "light." It first appeared in the 12th century as an occupational name for a lamp maker or someone who worked with lamps.

The name was initially recorded in various regions of Germany, particularly in the areas of Saxony, Bavaria, and the Rhineland. Early spellings of the name included Lampen, Lamper, and Lamprecht.

One of the earliest known records of the name Lampe can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from Saxony, where a person named Conradus Lampe is mentioned in a document dated 1284.

In the 14th century, the name appeared in the Bürgermatrikel (citizen registers) of several German cities, such as Nuremberg and Frankfurt am Main. For instance, a certain Hans Lampe is recorded as a citizen of Nuremberg in 1376.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals bearing the surname Lampe. One of the earliest was Johann Friedrich Lampe (1692-1774), a German musician and composer who worked in England during the Baroque period.

Another prominent figure was Johann Heinrich Lampe (1703-1751), a German-born Dutch painter known for his landscape and cityscape paintings. He was born in Nuremberg and later settled in Amsterdam.

In the 19th century, Walter Lampe (1852-1918) was a German jurist and politician who served as the Minister of Justice for the Kingdom of Württemberg.

In the field of literature, Friedrich Adolf Lampe (1683-1729) was a German poet and playwright from Saxony, known for his satirical works.

More recently, Hans-Joachim Lampe (1925-2011) was a German actor and theater director who had a successful career in both film and theater productions.

While the surname Lampe is primarily associated with German-speaking regions, it has also spread to other parts of the world due to migration and population movements over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lampe

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

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 Lampe 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 Lampe 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 Lampe was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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