Explore the Family Name Lamberton

The meaning of Lamberton

English: habitational name from the barony of Lamberton in Berwickshire, or in some instances from Lamerton in Devon, recorded as Lambertone in 1232, from Old English lamb ‘lamb’ + burna ‘stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, i.e. ‘farmstead on the lamb stream’.

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How common is the last name Lamberton in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lamberton experienced a slight drop in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 24,453 in terms of prevalence, slipping to 24,838 by 2010, a decrease of 1.57%. However, the actual count of individuals bearing the surname increased slightly over this decade, rising from 959 to 1002, an increase of 4.48%. The proportion of people named Lamberton per 100,000 also dropped slightly, from 0.36 to 0.34.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,453	#24,838	-1.57%
Count	959	1,002	4.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.34	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lamberton

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the Lamberton surname, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts over time. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and of two or more races both increased slightly from 2000 to 2010. The largest increase was seen among those identifying as Hispanic, skyrocketing from 0.73% to 2.40%. Conversely, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased slightly, from 96.87% in 2000 down to 95.21% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.87%	95.21%	-1.71%
Hispanic	0.73%	2.4%	228.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.63%	0.9%	42.86%
Two or More Races	0.83%	0.9%	8.43%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%