Lam Family History
Lam Name Meaning
Chinese : variant of Lin 1.Chinese
: variant of Lan.Vietnamese (Lâm): unexplained.Dutch and North German: from a short form of the personal name
Lambert.Danish: nickname for a gentle person, from
Old Norse lamb ‘lamb’, or possibly for a lame man, Old Norse
lami.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lam
Name Distribution of Lam Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lam families
 40 - 77  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lam families
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33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lam families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lam census records
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Lam Family Origin
Lam Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Lam
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Lam Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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