Lampel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Lambert; einzelne Belegform
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/læmpəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lampel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
- ATAustria≈1 in 41K
- DEGermany≈1 in 189K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 130 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)
≈430 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Patronymischer Familienname zu Lambert; einzelne Belegform.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world
(measured from records)Lampel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 189K | — | Lampel | 62 |
| US United States | 249 | 1 in 1.3M | 252 | Lampel | 130 |
| AT Austria | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Lampel | 24 |
| FR France | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | 2 | — | 1 |
| MA Morocco | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 825K | — | Lampel | 1 |
| IL Israel | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 247K | — | Lampel | 5 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 726K | — | Lampel | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Lampel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
possibly, from German Lammpelz ‘lamb’s fur’, a metonymic occupational or ornamental name.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Róbert Lampelb. 1821HUHungarian publisher (1821–1874)
- Katharina Lampelb. 1864CZHolocaust victim (born 1864)
- Josef Lampelb. 1887ATHolocaust victim (born 1887)
- Max Lampelb. 1900ILAustrian-born organist and musicologist, Israeli composer (1900–1987)
- Rusia Lampelb. 1901ILIsraeli Austrian-born German-language author of youth titles
- Hadassa Lampelb. 1929ILIsraeli military personnel
- Michael Lampelb. 1964ATAustrian politician
- Doria Lampelb. 1982ILIsraeli journalist
- Ayala LampelILresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 252 | #72,022 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 249 | #77,012 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 245 | #82,881 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Lampel?
- A machine transcription gives /læmpəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Lampel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Lambert; einzelne Belegform.
- In which country does Lampel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 425 people named Lampel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lampel.
- How common is the name Lampel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 249 people named Lampel in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lampelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lampel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.