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    The surname Lemen

    A surname, carried by 1,270 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L550

    Lemen: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lemen #20,792, 1,270 people Lemen: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lemen #20,792, 1,270 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemen is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,270 people named Lemen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,127.

    #20,792
    rank among US surnames
    1,270
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,578)

    Who is named Lemen

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

    91% of people named Lemen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lemen

    Lemen 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 Lemen?
    1,270 people in the United States had the surname Lemen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. It ranked 20,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lemen?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lemen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lemen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,270 in 2010, up 13%.