Lambert is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lambert
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Personal name of Germanic origin, Landberht (land = + countries Berht = gloss). Also from Saxon lamb, and beorht, fair hence fair lamb. Popularized by various saints, including a bishop of Lyon and martyr in Belgium, it is one of the most common surnames in France and Belgium. Variations or genitive: Lamberth, Lamberts, Lambertz. Diminutives: Lambertin (84, 26) Lambertod, Lamberthod (39, 01, 69), Lamberton, Lamberthon (85, 79), Lamberty (54, 88). Italian or Corsican forms: Lamberto Lamberti (derivatives: Lambertini, lambertoni).

How popular is Lambert?

Lambert is common in United States.

Lambert is ranked 1898 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lambert bearers increased by 3.376812 per cent in 2010 US census to 93678 since 2000, the surname slipped by 26 spots and ranked at 329. The last name was found in around 318 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.66 85.71
Black 9.88 9.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.79 1.94
Others 1.77 1.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.46
Lambert is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 286946 people have been found who wears Lambert as their family name. Lambert is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
883 Democratic Republic of The Congo9
7,707 Armenia9
13,280 Qatar8
2,587 Benin8
20,441 Georgia8
705 Gibraltar7
7,181 Kuwait6
2,338 Iraq6
2,025 Afghanistan6
5,340 Iceland6
10,164 Egypt6
267 Burundi6
443 Congo5
846 Cuba5
7,594 Pakistan5
4,813 Oman5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
2,403 Vietnam4
2,306 Angola4
4,138 Bahrain3
710 French Polynesia3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
19,865 Iran3
2,113 Taiwan3
35,789 Turkey3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
1,851 Togo3
23,165 Romania3
931 Gabon3
3,949 Botswana3
667 Sierra Leone3
7,683 Latvia3
11,532 Croatia3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
4,744 Macedonia2
255 Micronesia2
237 Central African Republic2
2,617 Cambodia2
2,152 Niger2
1,118 Isle of Man2
1,347 Liberia2
1,848 Madagascar2
1,819 Laos1
2,578 Guam1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
880 Djibouti1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,993 El Salvador1
510 East Timor1
14,373 Jordan1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
846 American Samoa1
1,179 Swaziland1
799 British Virgin Islands1
11,923 Slovenia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
3,275 Nepal1
2,024 Mongolia1
801 Cape Verde1
3,307 Malta1
2,040 Mali1
6,688 Malawi1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,818 Guernsey1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
994 China50
20,300 United Arab Emirates50
2,337 Cyprus43
3,168 Ivory Coast40
8,210 Burkina Faso30
8,799 Cameroon28
595 Jersey28
23 Monaco25
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
100 Åland24
2,974 Japan24
45,758 Philippines23
3,009 Nicaragua21
5,649 Thailand19
18,573 Serbia19
4,118 Senegal16
8,154 Sri Lanka14
710 South Korea12
144,303 Kazakhstan12
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,986 Norway85
517 Barbados78
157 Dominica78
3,193 Estonia77
791 Belize75
20,909 Zimbabwe75
3,598 Mauritius73
12,039 Colombia70
20,876 Belarus65
519 The Bahamas63
1,632 Costa Rica60
1,430 Rwanda55
Countries with hundreds of Lambert:
294 Namibia977
361 Wales937
458 Jamaica857
3,013 Netherlands837
1,707 Chile728
1,760 Hungary720
23,591 Russia692
9,170 Poland668
17,875 Italy582
1,803 Austria550
9,056 Kenya549
7,568 Spain531
34 Luxembourg475
4,870 Malaysia455
13,246 Algeria446
1,217 Honduras444
1,607 Dominican Republic433
2,438 Sweden413
1,056 Panama375
594 Trinidad and Tobago368
383 Guyana364
16,165 Ukraine352
1,958 Denmark290
6,893 Greece270
2,955 Bolivia243
5,652 Tunisia231
1,129 Hong Kong225
1,832 Singapore219
87 Grenada207
4,337 Ecuador207
147 Saint Lucia198
110,321 India185
1,508 Northern Ireland179
59,019 Germany174
6,656 Israel165
31 Bermuda163
3,092 Uruguay159
4,897 Finland157
6,726 Slovakia155
11,671 Czech Republic152
9,538 Venezuela151
11,173 Peru142
83 New Caledonia138
67,419 Indonesia127
4,263 Portugal120
115 United States Virgin Islands102
Countries with thousands of Lambert:
334 Australia8,385
3,383 Nigeria7,183
931 South Africa7,159
2,387 Brazil6,153
341 Haiti4,262
318 Switzerland1,972
2,889 Uganda1,867
2,797 Argentina1,762
1,886 Ghana1,757
340 New Zealand1,751
571 Scotland1,503
3,679 Tanzania1,411
566 Ireland1,299
4,879 Mexico1,282
4,491 Morocco1,141
Countries with ten thousands of Lambert:
20 France58,695
260 England22,752
134 Canada21,308
26 Belgium11,611
Countries with hundred thousands of Lambert:
294 United States105,001
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joseph Lambert worked as mason and hailed from Co.Wexford, Ireland. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Macedonia and arrived on May 7, 1846. John Lambert (24) Mechanic, Bridget Lambert, aged 21, R.W. Lambert (39) Wine Merchant, 26 years old Miles Lambert, 32 years old Pat Lambert, 30 years old Catherine Lambert, U Lambert, aged Born at sea, Catherine Lambert, aged 31, and 82 other Lambert around 35.19% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, lady, servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and New Ross.

From Italy

28 years old farmer Felicien Lambert who was residing in Sardinia migrated to USA on September 23, 1856 by Bavaria put out from Havre. Pasquale Lambert, aged 50, are other Lambert that migrated to US.

Comments

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Johnette Balducci
Lambert is a name very common baptism and patronymic, represents a personal name of Germanic origin derived from landberht, consists of land which means countries and Berht which means famous, illustrious.

Lambert Namesakes

  • In 2013, Erik Lambert played the role of Narrator in documentary flick Red Star Line.
  • Richard Lambert played small character of Priest in 0 drama film Torn.
  • Joseph S. Lambert, from 2018 adventure and animation film Xiong chu mei zhi bian xing ji, who portrayed Bramble, Dino, Danny, Fly Boss,.
  • In 2012 drama film, Bienvenue parmi nous, Jeanne Lambert portrayed Marylou.
  • Camille Lambert played important character of Judie in 2007 adventure and drama film Le renard et l'enfant.
  • Chris Lambert, from 2004 documentary film Slammed: Pain in Universal, who played N.
  • Julien Lambert, from 2011 drama movie Les fraises des bois, who portrayed Gabriel and Cashier.
  • In 2009, Kami Lambert characterized the role of Jules in comedy and drama film Lullaby.
  • Rachel Lambert portrayed the main character of Lisa Miller in 2012 drama movie Highs and Lows.
  • John Lambert characterized the crucial role of Spassky in 2008 drama and horror flick Nariz loca.
  • In 2009, Hope Lambert portrayed the role of Amanda Daniels in drama, romance flick Sleeping and Waking.

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