Lamb meaning | Last name Lamb origin

Following is the meaning of Lamb surname. Family name Lamb is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Lamb
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Celtic
Meaning: The name was probably taken from the sign of a lamb at an inn, the young of the sheep kind; Welsh, Llamer, to skip; Gaelic, Leum. The primitive Celtic or Gaelic Lam signified armor, as a dart, a blade, or sword; hence, to lam signified to disable, injure, main, from which we have lame and limp

Lamb is used as a family name or surname in Celtic languages. Lamb has 4 characters long in length.

Lamb is common in England country(ies).

Lamb is ranked 4427 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lamb bearers increased by 2.319187 per cent in 2010 US census to 59913 since 2000, the surname slipped by 50 spots and ranked at 561. The last name was found in around 203 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.1 87.41
Black 8.62 8.45
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.63
Others 1.73 1.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.57

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Lamb

How popular is Lamb?

Lamb is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 123099 people have been found who wears Lamb as their family name. Lamb is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
8,582 Japan6
103,755 Czech Republic5
122,390 Belarus4
8,411 Costa Rica4
2,011 South Korea4
3,224 Afghanistan3
15,749 Finland3
30,723 Georgia3
9,500 Ghana3
95,312 Argentina2
3,871 Paraguay2
631 Swaziland2
89,020 Tanzania2
1,472 The Bahamas2
7,574 Bangladesh2
8,657 Lebanon2
3,791 Namibia2
18,035 Egypt2
40,064 Nigeria2
13,552 Qatar2
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Immigrants to US

Daniel Lamb was 36 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took John Robert from Liverpool. 28 years old Mary-Ann Lamb, Workwoman Judith Lamb, 24 years old John Lamb, 19 years old Julia Lamb, Michael Lamb (45) Workman, 20 years old Patt Lamb, Mich. Lamb, aged 30, 25 years old Betty Lamb, and 239 other Lamb around 45.34% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and stone mason, farmer, spinster, mason, sawyer, clerk migrated to US.

Celebrities having Lamb surname

Minissha Lamba Actress
Jack Lambert Character Actor
Kate Lambert Fashion Designer
Achilles Lambert Patrick Lambert's son
Adam Lambert Singer-songwriter
Adam Lamberg Actor
Adason Lambert Greyson Lambert's sister
Adelaide Lambert Swimmer
Adelaide Lambert Swimmer
Adrien Lambert Member of Parliament
  • J. Lamb portrayed pivotal character of Chubs in 0 comedy, drama film The Last One Standing.
  • In 2015, Mike Lamb played the role of Doctor in thriller movie Repressed.
  • In 2018, David Lamb characterized the role of Simon Gardner in comedy, thriller movie Trench.
  • In 1968, Wally Lamb characterized the role of N in drama, sport movie Touch of Leather.

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