How common is the surname Lehmann?

8,799 people in the United States had the surname Lehmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,089 Americans. It ranked 4,039th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lehmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lehmann?

Michael Lehmann, American film director, television director, followed by Darren Lehmann.

Where is the surname Lehmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Lehmann in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Lehmann getting more or less common?

More common. 8,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,799 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Lehmann

A surname, carried by 8,799 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). Lehmann is more common than 97.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,799 people named Lehmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,089 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,527.

#4,039

rank among US surnames

8,799

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,823)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,036	Basham	8,806	35,061
#4,037	D'Angelo	8,802	35,077
#4,038	Raney	8,801	35,081
#4,039	Lehmann	8,799	35,089

Who is named Lehmann

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

95% of people named Lehmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lehmanns

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Lehmann
American film director, television director, born 1957
Darren Lehmann
Australian cricketer, born 1970
Erich Leo Lehmann
American statistician (1917-2009)
Winfred Philip Lehmann
American linguist, 1916–2007
Claire Lehmann
Australian writer and founder of Quillette, born 1985

Notable Lehmanns come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lehmann

Lehmann 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 Lehmann?: 8,799 people in the United States had the surname Lehmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,089 Americans. It ranked 4,039th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lehmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lehmann?: Michael Lehmann, American film director, television director, followed by Darren Lehmann.
Where is the surname Lehmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Lehmann in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Lehmann getting more or less common?: More common. 8,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,799 in 2010, up 3.2%.