Last Name LAMBERT

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Meaning	The lamb-herd. Most unquestionably many of our Lamberts represent the occupation of lamb-herd. Also, 'the son f Lambert.' From 'lamb,' and 'beorht,' fair - fair lamb.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, Dutch, French, Polish, Swiss, Chilean, Irish, Basque, Falkland, Haitian, Creole, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank	303 (2000 US census)	292 (1990 US census)

Count	90,618 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.71%, or 77669 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.34%, or 8464 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 417 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.16%, or 1051 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 1260 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.94%, or 1758 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.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...