Lemm Surname

81,008th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lemm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,4981:23,0153,045
United States1,2171:297,83027,540
England3821:145,85914,056
Australia1941:139,15314,991
Netherlands1531:110,37417,676
Russia1381:1,044,37079,541
New Zealand681:66,59310,133
Switzerland681:120,77812,249
Poland621:613,04455,163
Canada481:767,61660,775
Panama221:177,8305,396
Belarus201:475,05345,383
Belgium181:638,70256,744
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Wales71:442,07621,198
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:435,27425,262
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:346,33626,593

Lemm (966) may also be a first name.

Lemm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lemm (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻢ, Russian: Лемм) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 81,008th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,213,782 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Lemm are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 259,451st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 966 people.

The last name Lemm is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 3,498 people, or 1 in 23,015. In Germany Lemm is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent are found, Berlin, where 11 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Lemm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lemm has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 839 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 682 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lemm Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lemm last name is principally Orthodox (64%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Lemm surname are 22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.77% registered with the political party.

The amount Lemm earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 12.97% less than the national average, earning R 206,808 per year; in United States they earn 4.15% more than the national average, earning $44,939 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.62% less than the national average, earning $45,898 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemme896,001/
Liemm892/
Lem8629,844/
Lemmme801/
Hlemme801/
Lemmhe801/
Leme7538,147/
Liem7515,759/
Lehm75901/
Leim75785/
Leem75558/
Limm75436/
Leam75362/
Leum75152/
Lhem7572/
Lymm7537/
Leym7526/
Llem7511/
Hlem757/
Lesm754/
Lemd753/
Lgem751/
Ljmm751/
Lemh751/
Lemt751/
Lejm751/
Lesme675,083/
Gliem67823/
Leime67307/
Leeme67289/
Hleem67166/
Leyme67147/
Limme67132/
Liehm6748/
Lleme6732/
Leame6718/
Hleme677/
Letme674/
Lheim674/
Lheme673/
Lheem673/
Șleam672/
Hllem672/
Lessm672/
Hliem671/
Hleym671/
Leesm671/
Liejm671/
Lhymm671/
Leuhm671/
Lemth671/
Lenme671/
Llhem671/
Lehmd670/
Lemhs670/

Lemm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lemm in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻢlm-
Lemm in the Russian language
Леммlemm-

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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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  • 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 Lemm
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