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Lamptey is a surname of Ghanaian origin. The name is given among the Ga tribe in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

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Lamptey (surname)

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Lamptey is a surname of Ghanaian origin. The name is given among the Ga tribe in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

It may refer to: C. O. Lamptey, Ghanaian police officer Cynthia Lamptey, Ghanaian lawyer David Lamptey, Ghanaian businessman and politician George Lamptey, Ghanaian jurist and justice of the Supreme Court Jonathan Kwesi Lamptey, Ghanaian politician Joseph Lamptey, Ghanaian football referee Lauretta Lamptey, Ghanaian lawyer Nii Lamptey (b. 1974), Ghanaian footballer Odartey Lamptey, Ghanaian soldier and activist Peter Lamptey (1946–2025), Ghanaian footballer Richmond Lamptey (b. 1997), Ghanaian footballer Sampson Lamptey, Ghanaian footballer Tariq Lamptey (b. 2000), Ghanaian footballer Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey (1902–1963), Ghanaian politician Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey (1946–2016), Ghanaian politician

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