Lamar Family History
Lamar Name Meaning
Possibly a variant spelling of French Lamarre.Possibly also Spanish: habitational name for someone from either
of the two places called Mar in Asturias, probably named with
mar ‘sea’ and the article la. DK.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lamar Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lamar families
 125 - 247  42 - 124 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lamar families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Lamar last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lamar Family Origin
Lamar Immigration Information
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Lamar Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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