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

Lamping, 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 Lamping surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lamping in America

Lamping is the 21119th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lamping surname appeared 1,243 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 Lamping.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lamping 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 Lamping

The surname Lamping has its origins in Germany, dating back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the Low German word "lamp," which means lamp or light, suggesting that the name may have been initially associated with a person who worked as a lamp maker or lamp lighter.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various German regional records, such as parish registers and tax rolls. One notable example is the mention of a Hans Lamping in the records of the city of Cologne in 1585.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Lamping surname began to spread across different parts of Europe as people migrated and settled in new territories. In England, for instance, the name was sometimes anglicized to "Lamping" or "Lampkin."

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Johannes Lamping, a German Protestant theologian born in 1593 in Lübeck, who served as a professor at the University of Rostock. Another notable figure was Johann Gottlieb Lamping, a German jurist and writer who lived from 1712 to 1788.

In the 19th century, the Lamping surname gained prominence in various fields. Johann Ludwig Lamping, born in 1821 in Westphalia, was a German-American architect who designed several notable buildings in New York City, including the Brooklyn Masonic Temple.

The name also appears in literary circles, with August Lamping, a German writer and poet born in 1844 in Osnabrück, who published several volumes of poetry and prose.

Another significant figure was Ernst Lamping, a German classical philologist and academic born in 1856 in Detmold, who served as a professor at the University of Marburg and made contributions to the study of ancient Greek literature.

While these are just a few examples, the Lamping surname has a long and rich history, with roots in various professions and regions across Europe, particularly in Germany, where it originated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lamping

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

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

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Lamping, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!