# Lemke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lemke/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,501 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,406 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,402 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (10,359 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Lemke.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lemke 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lemke in the United States.

## People named Lemke

- Leslie Lemke, American musician
- William Lemke, American politician (1878–1950)

## Similar surnames

Lemieux, Lenk, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lang, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link, Leung, Loomis.

## 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.