Lama Family History
Lama Name Meaning
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian: topographic name for someone
who lived by a marsh, lama (from Latin lama). In some
cases the Italian and Spanish name may be habitational, from any of
numerous places named with this word.Buddhist name
found among people from Tibet and Nepal, from Tibetan blama
‘priest’, ‘monk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lama Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lama families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lama families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lama families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lama census records
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Lama Family Origin
Lama Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lama
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lama Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lama census records
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Lama Civil War Service Records
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