Lamparter

surname · Latin script

Meaning: nickname for a banker or moneylender, derived from the ethnic name from Lamparten ‘Lombardy’ (see Lombard)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɫæmˈpɑɹtɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lamparter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 76K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1M
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 76K

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.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nickname for a banker or moneylender, derived from the ethnic name from Lamparten ‘Lombardy’ (see Lombard).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lamparter 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.

Where Lamparter is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈1,300 est.≈1 in 76K—Lamparter1
DE Germany≈1,100 est.≈1 in 76K—Lamparter74
US United States3301 in 1M333Lamparter122
GB United Kingdom≈180 est.≈1 in 369K—Lamparter25
CH Switzerland461 in 183K46Lamparter16
SE Sweden≈33 est.≈1 in 310K—Lamparter1

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 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lamparter is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Лампартер

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lamparter 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.

  • In German, nach der Literatur meist nicht patronymisch, sondern Herkunftsname zu mhd. Lampartenlant 'Lombardei'; im Text mit 529 Belegen

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

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)

14001600180020002200Nicolaus Lamparter, b. 1450Gregor Lamparter, b. 1463Heinrich Lamparter, b. 1591Gustav Heinrich von Lamparter, b. 1826Helmut Lamparter, b. 1912Omar Lamparter, b. 1917Erwin Lamparter, b. 1923Vilém Lamparter, b. 1924Thomas Lamparter, b. 1978Johannes Lamparter, b. 2001

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)

FormalDear Lamparter,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Lamparter
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020333#64,521
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000332#57,406
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010330#60,960
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202446#19,892
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • 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)

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 Lamparter mean, and where does it come from?
nickname for a banker or moneylender, derived from the ethnic name from Lamparten ‘Lombardy’ (see Lombard). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Lamparter?
A machine transcription gives /ɫæmˈpɑɹtɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Lamparter have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Lamparter in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lamparter.
How common is the name Lamparter?
In the United States, the national register counted 330 people named Lamparter in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.

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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, “Lamparter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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