How common is the surname Lehman?

32,180 people in the United States had the surname Lehman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,594 Americans. It ranked 1,086th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lehman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lehman?

Herbert H. Lehman, American politician (1878–1963), followed by Emery Lehman.

Where is the surname Lehman most common?

Wikidata records people named Lehman in the United States.

Is the surname Lehman getting more or less common?

More common. 31,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,180 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Lehman

A surname, carried by 32,180 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lehman is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 32,180 people named Lehman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,594 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,296.

#1,086

rank among US surnames

32,180

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,023)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,077	Justice	32,480	9,506
#1,078	Osborn	32,439	9,518
#1,079	Carver	32,415	9,525
#1,080	Lancaster	32,362	9,540
#1,081	Goff	32,298	9,559
#1,082	Zapata	32,274	9,566
#1,083	Fulton	32,258	9,571

Who is named Lehman

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Lehman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lehmans

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herbert H. Lehman
American politician (1878–1963)
Emery Lehman
American speed skater, born 1996
Ernest Lehman
American screenwriter (1915-2005)
William Lehman
American soccer player (1901-1979)
Tom Lehman
American professional golfer (born 1959)
Ari Lehman
American actor, born 1965
John Lehman
American naval aviator, investor, writer and civil servant, born 1942
Trent Lehman
Actor (1961-1982)
Robert Lehman
American banker, art collector, race-horse owner, and philanthropist (1891-1969)
William Lehman
American politician (1913–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lehman

Lehman has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

Questions

How common is the surname Lehman?: 32,180 people in the United States had the surname Lehman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,594 Americans. It ranked 1,086th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lehman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lehman?: Herbert H. Lehman, American politician (1878–1963), followed by Emery Lehman.
Where is the surname Lehman most common?: Wikidata records people named Lehman in the United States.
Is the surname Lehman getting more or less common?: More common. 31,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,180 in 2010, up 2.8%.