Where Does The Last Name Lemke Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Lemke (Arabic: لمك, Russian: Лемке) is found most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemke? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Lemke is the 10,732^nd most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 139,110 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Lemke reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 881,625^th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 113 people.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 30,926 people, or 1 in 2,603. In Germany Lemke is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent reside and Berlin, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 68 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Lemke Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Lemke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lemke last name increased 1,909 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 6,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lemke Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lemke last name is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Lemke surname are 15.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.93% registered with the political party.

The amount Lemke earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.3% less than the national average, earning 251,613 kr per year; in Peru they earn 58.23% more than the national average, earning S/. 30,672 per year; in South Africa they earn 154.21% more than the national average, earning R 604,104 per year; in United States they earn 9.56% more than the national average, earning $47,275 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $49,858 CAD per year.