Lamin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ləmʲɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lamin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Gambia than in any other country, where it is the most common given name.
- ESSpain1 in 48K(measured from records)
- GMGambia≈1 in 49
- SLSierra Leone≈1 in 1.7K
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.
- Gambia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 157 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 49 (inferred from the name graph)
≈44,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Gambia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lamin 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM Gambia | #1 | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 49 | 14 | Lamin | 81 |
| DZ Algeria | #556 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Lamin | 16 |
| SL Sierra Leone | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 29 | — | 15 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 116K | — | Lamin | 18 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,052 | 1 in 48K | 1.1K | Lamin | 38 |
| SE Sweden | — | 577 | 1 in 18K | 577 | Lamin | 26 |
| LY Libya | #815 | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Lamin | 21 |
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IEC — Nominated Candidates National Assembly Elections 2022; NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates. 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)
Lamin is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In frp, alternative form of solament (“only”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, the traditional longhouse of East Kalimantan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dtp, house
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malay, pair
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Lamin Sannehb. 1942USAfrican American historian (1942-2019)
- Lamin Khalifah Fhimahb. 1956LYLibyan terrorist
- Lamin Kaba Bajob. 1964GMGambian politician
- Lamin Deenb. 1981GBBritish bobsledder
- Lamin Conatehb. 1981GMGambian footballer
- Lamin Barrowb. 1990USAmerican football player
- Lamin Sumab. 1991SLSierra Leonean footballer (born 1991)
- Lamin Samatehb. 1992GMfootballer
- Lamin Colleyb. 1993GMGambian-born English footballer
- Momodou Sonkob. 2005SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player
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)
Attested in 61 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 54 | #42,093 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 54 | #42,040 |
| SL Sierra Leone | ECSL — 2023 Members of Parliament nomination Gazette No.29 (candidates) | 2023 | 1 | #4 |
| SL Sierra Leone | Government of Sierra Leone Gazette — 2023 public-service appointments | 2023 | 1 | #4 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Lamin mean, and where does it come from?
- Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Lamin?
- A machine transcription gives /ləmʲɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Lamin a male or female name?
- Lamin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Lamin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 44 thousand people named Lamin in the Gambia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lamin.
- How common is the name Lamin?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,052 people named Lamin, about 1 in 48 thousand residents.
- How common is Lamin compared with other names?
- In the Gambia, Lamin is the most common given name of 163 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laminThe 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, “Lamin” — the most common given name in Gambia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.