# Lehman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lehman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,180 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,086 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,594 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (31,296 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lehman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lehman in the United States.

## People named Lehman

- Herbert H. Lehman, American politician (1878–1963)
- Emery Lehman, American speed skater
- Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (1915-2005)
- William Lehman, American soccer player (1901-1979)
- Tom Lehman, American professional golfer (born 1959)
- Ari Lehman, American actor
- John Lehman, American naval aviator, investor, writer and civil servant
- Trent Lehman, actor (1961-1982)
- Robert Lehman, American banker, art collector, race-horse owner, and philanthropist (1891-1969)
- William Lehman, American politician (1913–2005)

## Similar surnames

Lemon, Lyman, Lehmann, Lemmon, Lohman, Leeman, Leaman, Loman, Lohmann, Luman, Leman, Leamon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.