# Lemar (surname)

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

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,080 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,515 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 285,875 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (1,016 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lemarr |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Lemar.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lemar 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lemar in Jamaica.

## People named Lemar

- Brynton Lemar, American basketball player

## Similar surnames

Lamar, Lemire, Lemaire, Lamere, Lemmer, Lanier, Lenoir, Lehner, Liner, Lamarre, Lamarr, Lamour.

## 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.