The surname Lem
A surname, carried by 1,161 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex L500
Origin
* As a Dutch and North Germanic surname, shortened from Lambrecht or Lempert. See Lambert. * As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lim.
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,161 people named Lem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,056.
Who is named Lem
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
62% of people named Lem identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 62%
- White (not Hispanic) 20%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
- Two or more races 5.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Leam
Lem has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.
Questions
- Where does the surname Lem come from?
- * As a Dutch and North Germanic surname, shortened from Lambrecht or Lempert. See Lambert. * As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lim.
- How common is the surname Lem?
- 1,161 people in the United States had the surname Lem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. It ranked 22,216th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lem?
- In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Lem identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lem getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,161 in 2010, up 9.9%.
- What are other spellings of Lem?
- Leam.