Lemon Surname

12,167th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Lemon Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Leman,' a corruption of Liefman. No doubt in some instances employed as a nickname, meaning dear one, sweetheart; or Leifehild.

'And hail that madyn, my lemman.' - Towneley Mysteries.

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Lemon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,1831:18,8952,375
Bangladesh10,3641:15,3761,171
England2,7791:20,0502,842
Jordan2,2441:3,940800
Australia1,7031:15,8522,239
Canada1,5241:24,1773,283
Philippines1,1901:85,07414,765
Malawi1,1761:14,5572,276
Northern Ireland5091:3,625712
New Zealand4501:10,0631,751
Russia4111:350,66434,768
Indonesia4011:329,79828,833
Sweden3681:26,7572,177
Nigeria3621:489,34524,522
Pakistan3061:583,8049,423
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
South Africa2231:242,94924,856
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Papua New Guinea1901:42,9145,251
China1771:7,724,981537
Scotland1681:31,8683,219
Jamaica1671:17,1851,582
Tanzania1641:322,81524,412
Wales1371:22,5882,401
Palestine1351:33,6954,258
Czechia1161:91,66815,238
France1101:603,84379,953
Israel901:95,08511,065
Benin891:116,13012,862
Japan881:1,452,77624,051
Zimbabwe751:205,84323,645
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Singapore641:86,0583,478
Thailand451:1,569,741208,465
Malaysia421:702,24333,141
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Belarus401:237,52628,656
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Colombia341:1,405,12010,559
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Panama311:126,2024,409
India301:25,568,846339,406
Latvia251:82,00212,055
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Hong Kong161:458,4683,288
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Togo91:805,3086,372
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Marshall Islands51:10,3641,309
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Solomon Islands31:193,34319,495
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Macau11:601,6301,582
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4191:10,5721,514
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8831:12,9451,955
Scotland2291:16,3461,769
Wales711:22,0901,271
Jersey81:6,4851,119
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3351:11,5841,506

The alternate forms: Lémon (27), Lemón (15) & Lèmon (1) are calculated separately.

Lemon (10,625) may also be a first name.

Lemon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Leman,' a corruption of Liefman. No doubt in some instances employed as a nickname, meaning dear one, sweetheart; or Leifehild.

'And hail that madyn, my lemman.' - Towneley Mysteries.

But its use as seen below compels us to place it mainly in the category of fontal names. The forms in the London Directory show little change. It was a familiar joke some few years ago to say that there were two Lemons in the House of Commons and only one Peel.

Leman Bru, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alan fil. Leman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Eldred Leman, Somerset"., ibid.

Thomas Letman, Oxfordshire, ibid.

William Lemon, of Preston, 1642: Wills at Chester.

1672. James Wynstanley and Elizabeth Leman: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1746. Married — William Lemon and Mary Newman: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

The following has an excrescent 'd', as in Simmonds or Hammond:

1752. Married — John Lemond and Dorcas Massey: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1790. — John Newton and Lucy Lemmon: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 Beloved Man [Anglo-Saxon Léofman(n-léof, beloved, dear, + man(n] Eldred Leman.—Hundred Rolls 2 Lover, Sweetheart (m. and from) [Middle English leman, lemman; Early Middle English lefmon, leofman, dear one; Old English léof, beloved, dear + man(n] To have lemmans and lotebies [para­mours] Alle hire [their] lif-daies.—Piers Plowman, 1659-60.

‘Now deere lemman,’ quod she, ‘go, fareweel.’—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 4240.

Yet still he loves his leman.—Warner, The Patient Countess, 95.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or near, the Lemon (elm);a river in Devonshire; the lover or sweetheart.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Old English, lemman, paramour, sweetheart-an Anglo-Saxon and Chaucerian word. One "Alan, the son of the Leman," occurs in the Hundred Bolls. Its primary meaning seems to be, a person much beloved, or very dear.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(French.) A corruption of Le Mom, the monk.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

1. Same as the German name Lehman, said from lehn-mann, a vassal or feudal tenant. 2. From Anglo-Saxon lah-man, a lawyer (lah-wita, id.).

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Godefridus Lemon, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). John Leman, England 1194-1200 (Rotuli Curiae Regis). Hence the Baronets Lemon.

The Norman People (1874)

Lemon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lemon (Arabic: ليمونه, Georgian: ლემონ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﻮﻥ, Marathi: लेमॉन, Russian: Лемон) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Lémon, Lemón or Lèmon. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 12,167th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 157,824 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Lemon reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 58,825th most widespread first name globally It is held by 10,625 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 19,183 people, or 1 in 18,895. In The United States Lemon is most prevalent in: Texas, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Maryland, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Lemon is found in 129 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 22 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Lemon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lemon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lemon surname increased 443 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 27 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 193 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lemon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lemon last name is primarily Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (67%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Lemon last name are 10.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.01% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lemon earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 168.54% more than the national average, earning R 638,148 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.02% more than the national average, earning $25,431,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.27% less than the national average, earning $40,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.39% less than the national average, earning $49,489 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lémon9327/
Lemón9315/
Lèmon931/
Lemmon9111,126/
Leamon912,681/
Lemond911,843/
Leemon91972/
Lemont91818/
Lemone91599/
Lemoen91409/
Leymon9178/
Letmon9154/
Lemong9151/
Lemoon9150/
Leimon9149/
Liemon9149/
Lehmon9149/
Le'mon9134/
Lemoin9127/
Lhemon9122/
Lemonn9119/
Lemoun916/
Llemon915/
Lesmon914/
Lemuon912/
Leumon912/
Lemoyn911/
Loemon911/
Lemoine8351,466/
Lemoyne831,527/
Lemmond831,127/
Lemoing83877/
Lesmond83191/
Lemogne83112/
Leamond8391/
Leimone8389/
Leamont8377/
Lemonne8366/
Leymond8353/
Liemohn8333/
Lemoung8324/
Lemotin8317/
Leammon8316/
Leemoon8315/
Lemontt8313/
Leymont8312/
Lemoune8312/
Lemmone839/
Leimoun836/
Lemonzs835/
Lemonhe835/
Lemount833/
Lemoîne833/
Lemocen833/
Lehmone832/
Leimohn832/
Lemmonn832/
Lemoind832/
Lettmon832/
Lehmonn832/
Leimond832/
Lesmonn831/
Lessmon831/
Lethmon831/
Leimong831/
Lemmong831/
Lemoinc831/
Lemoint831/
Lemound831/
Hllemon831/
Lesmont831/
Lehmong831/
Lemondt831/
Lemoten831/
Leysmon831/
Leimoon831/
Leimont831/
Leamonk830/
Leemond830/
Laemoon830/
Laemonn830/
Lemmont830/
Limon80119,903/
Leman8016,576/
Lamon808,774/
Lymon801,812/
Lomon801,146/
Lemun80164/
Lemom8023/
Límon809/
Lemão803/
Lemoigne771,853/
Lemonová77108/
Lemoinne7742/
Leitmont7739/
Lemonova7737/
Lemoisne7736/
Lemongue7718/
Leamonth773/
Lhemoyne772/
Llemoine771/
Lemounck771/
Lehmosen771/
Lemmoine771/
Lemongne771/
Leymoune771/
Lemosing771/
Leamount770/
Lemoynne770/
Lemousin770/
Lesmmond770/
Leymoyne770/
Lehman7349,328/
Leeman738,005/
Leaman735,667/
Leyman734,901/
Laymon732,890/
Limone732,186/
Leiman731,823/
Lejman731,736/
Lemane731,023/
Lemann73864/
Lesman73862/
Letman73605/
Lammon73567/
Laimon73487/
Lieman73407/
Lhamon73367/
Laeman73361/
Limond73303/
Lamoon73295/
Lemant73288/
Lahmon73279/
Lemanh73253/
Limont73237/
Leuman73217/
Leymun73199/
Lemang73195/
Lemman73181/
Loeman73168/
Limong73141/
Litmon7395/
Lismon7372/
Limoon7369/
Lemand7353/
Lheman7337/
Limoun7334/
Lamoin7330/
Liomon7324/
Lemung7323/
Lomoon7323/
Loimon7314/
Lemund7312/
Limoen7311/
Lommon7310/
Limmon738/
Leemun738/
Lemmun737/
Lemmom736/
Lemaan736/
Lemank735/
Lajmon735/
Lémond735/
Liamon735/
Leimun735/
Lemhan734/
Lemahn734/
Lemune734/
Hleman733/
Lamonn733/
Limhon733/
Lemanc731/
Lemaun731/
Leamom731/
Hlimon731/
Lemeun731/
Lemoum731/
Lémont731/
La'mon731/
Laamon731/
Lemgan731/
Limonn731/
Leßman731/
Lhémon731/
Llimon731/
Llamon730/
Lehmun730/
Lamhon730/
Leamun730/
Lohmon730/
Leymonova712/
Leatmonth711/
Leimoigne711/
Hleehmong711/
Lehmann67199,828/
Leßmann672,622/
Leimane671,498/
Leitman671,118/
Leimann671,073/
Lessman671,055/
Lettman67942/
Leymann67929/
Lismont67663/
Liemann67578/
Limoune67553/
Limosin67550/
Leumann67486/
Laymond67435/
Leesman67422/
Lemagne67311/
Leisman67294/
Laitmon67215/
Leytman67202/
Leasman67169/
Lejtman67160/
Leymang67157/
Loehman67146/
Limotin67142/
Limonne67132/
Lehtman67105/
Leimand6785/
Limmong6776/
Lhemann6759/
Lesmand6745/
Laymoun6743/
Lemasne6742/
Leijman6736/
Leemane6734/
Hleeman6734/
Leysman6730/
Laehman6729/
Lismond6725/
Lethman6721/
Leamman6717/
Laimont6715/
Glieman6714/
Liehman6714/
Limhong6713/
Lejmann6713/
Limoten6712/
Lematin6712/
Lemeune6711/
Littmon6710/
Laimond678/
Lemanhe678/
La'moon677/
Lemutin676/
Lhamoon676/
Laimoun675/
Leymane674/
Leihman674/
Limoine674/
Lemhane674/
Lhaeman674/
Limosne674/
Lehmunn673/
Lemahan673/
Llehman673/
Lesmund673/
Hlgeman672/
Lemuine672/
Litmond672/
Leyhman672/
Lesmane672/
Leimang672/
Laymont672/
Lahmoun672/
Leimant672/
Lamohyn672/
Lemunhe672/
Limmond671/
Leatman671/
Lismonc671/
Letmang671/
Leuhman671/
Lemmand671/
Lemmane671/
Leamand671/
Lehmahn671/
Lehmanh671/
Lehmaun671/
Lehmman671/
Hlieman671/
Litmong671/
Loimone671/
Lleiman671/
Llemane671/
Hleiman671/
Leimanė671/
L'Limon671/
Letmand671/
Lemancq671/
Lemmann671/
Limogne671/
Leymand671/
Leymant671/
Leymhan671/
Liejman671/
Liamoin671/
Leamoum671/
Letmane671/
Limosyn671/
Laamoun671/
Loymoon671/
Lohmonn671/
Limhoon671/
Laimong671/
Laimoon671/
Leamaan671/
Leimman671/
Leemaun671/
Letmann670/
Leimhan670/
Laymone670/
Lymondt670/
Leetman670/
Loemann670/
Limonck670/
Leeyman670/

Lemon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lemon in the Georgian language
ლემონlemon-
Lemon in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻤﻮﻥlmwn-
Lemon in the Marathi language
लेमॉनlemona-
Lemon in the Russian language
Лемонlemon-
Lemon in the Arabic language
ليمونهlymwnh-
يمونymwn-
اليمونalymwn-
ليمونlymwn-

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Lemon Reference & Research

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