Lemkin Surname

669,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 447 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Lemkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2091:1,734,253114,535
Russia1991:724,23661,077
Israel201:427,88233,464
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
England61:9,286,343223,652
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lemkin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lemkin Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lemkin (Russian: Лемкин) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemkin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lemkin is the 669,375th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. Lemkin occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Lemkin live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Lemkin is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 1,734,253. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 20 percent live, Maryland, where 15 percent live and New York, where 14 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 45 percent live and Israel, where 4 percent live.

Lemkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lemkin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lemkin last name grew 6,967 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lemkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (92%) in Russia.

In The United States Lemkin are 2.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.32% registered to vote for the political party.

Lemkin earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.63% more than the national average, earning $61,975 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemkina92612/
Lemking920/
Lemkienė862/
Lamkin835,197/
Lemken83515/
Lomkin83320/
Limkin83118/
Lemkyn8311/
Lemcin831/
Lyamkin771,829/
Limkina7740/
Lemkyna7726/
Lyomkin7718/
Lemcken772/
Liamkin771/
Lamckin771/
Lemchin771/
Lemkend771/
Lamkinn770/
Lyomkina7123/
Lamken67320/
Lamkén679/
Lamkyn677/
Lomkyn677/
Laymkn674/
Lymkyn671/
Lomken671/
Lemkem671/
Limchin62132/
Lamquin6279/
Lemchen6255/
Limkeng6251/
Lämmken621/

Lemkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lemkin in the Russian language
Лемкинlemkin-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lemkin
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