Show ContentsLamers History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Lamers family

The surname Lamers was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this family was established in early times.

Early History of the Lamers family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lamers research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1250, 1645, 1675, 1707, 1715, 1838 and 1912 are included under the topic Early Lamers History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lamers Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Demers, Demere, Demerre, Demery, Demerey, Demerais, Demeret, Demerez, Lemers, Lemere, Lemerre, Lemery, Lemerey, Lemerais, Lemeret, Lemerez, Desmery, Démery, Lesmery, Lémery, Lamer, Lamers, Lamere, Lamerre, Lamery, Lamerais, Lameret, Merre, Mérais, Méret, Mérey, Méry, Merrée, Mériaux, Mériau, Mériel, Mériet, Méric, Mérigon, Mérigot, Mériguet, Mérigeau and many more.

Early Notables of the Lamers family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Huon de Méry (fl. 1200-1250), French author of "Li Tournoiemenz Anticrit" or in English "The Tournament of the Antichrist"), a 3,546-line Old...
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Lamers Ranking

In Netherlands, the name Lamers is the 236th most popular surname with an estimated 5,520 people with that name. 1


United States Lamers migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lamers Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johannes Lamers, who arrived in New York in 1709 2
Lamers Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Daniel Lamers, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1870 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lamers (post 1700) +

  • Ardina Gerarda Maria "Ine" Lamers (b. 1954), Dutch photographer and video installation artist
  • Karl A. Lamers (b. 1951), German politician of the Christian Democratic Union, Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee of the German Parliament, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2010-2012)
  • Loiza Lamers (b. 1995), Dutch model, winner of the eighth cycle of Holland's Next Top Model


  1. "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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