Last Name LAM

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Meaning	Lame. Blue.

Origin	Scottish, Danish, Chinese, Jewish, Dutch, Vietnamese, Norwegian, Falkland, Belgian, Flemish, Hungarian

Rank	706 (2000 US census)	1,217 (1990 US census)

Count	44,385 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

7.82%, or 3471 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.42%, or 186 total occurrences, as black,
87.47%, or 38824 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.07%, or 31 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.14%, or 950 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.08%, or 923 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Surnames that make great first names

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