The global clan
There are over a million Scots living furth of Scotland.
Around 850,000 live elsewhere in the UK.
Around 200.000 live outwith the UK
If you add people with Scottish ancestry who still think of themselves as in some way Scottish, the size of the diaspora rises to more than 30 million, or even as high as 100 million, according to some.
2009 data from the Us Census Bureau showed more than 9 million Americans identified themselves as having Scottish or 'Scotch-Irish ancestry and in the 2011 Census, 4.7 million Canadians identified themselves as having Scottish ancestry.
How many ?
Statistics taken from The Scottish diaspora and Scottish Independence, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
How many are Lamonts or variations of Lamont?
Approximate numbers according to the website Forebears which offers a great range of statistical data [https://forebears.io/surnames/lamont]:
Lamont 27,093 Most prevalent in USA Highest Density in Scotland
Lamond 5,115 Most prevalent in France. Highest Density in France
Laumon 190 Most prevalent in France
Laumond 1,004 Most prevalent in France Highest density in New Caledonia
Laumont 526 Most prevalent in France Highest Density in France
Lamon 8,774 Most prevalent in USA Highest Density in France
The list goes on with all manner of variations based on phonetic similarity but without, it seems, any evidence as to whether they actually bear any relationship to Clan Lamont. It would be wise, therefore, not to count in the likes of the 29 good folk of Papua New Guinea called Laumong without further enquiry into whether there is any genetic connection.
The website has a search function and so if you are interested in any of the associated names like Lamb, Lambie, White, Black and so on, it's easy. Again, however, we have to be cautious about whether there is genetic connection. It is likely that only a proportion of the 132,645 Lambs will be connected to the Lamonts!
Lamont as a forename
Forebears notes approximately 21,005 instances worldwide of Lamont as a forename, predominantly in the USA but with the highest density in the Bermudas.
The history of the diaspora
The Scottish Diaspora, Wikipedia.
These works give you a full historical account:
T M Devine, To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010
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Sections on and contributions from the Clan Lamont Societies of North America and Australia
The Dutch pipe band
The French connection