How common is the surname Lemke?

10,501 people in the United States had the surname Lemke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,402 Americans. It ranked 3,406th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lemke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lemke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lemke?

Leslie Lemke, American musician, followed by William Lemke.

Where is the surname Lemke most common?

Wikidata records people named Lemke in the United States.

Is the surname Lemke getting more or less common?

More common. 10,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,501 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Lemke

A German surname, carried by 10,501 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemke is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Lemke.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,501 people named Lemke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,402 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,359.

#3,406

rank among US surnames

10,501

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,179)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,397	Conti	10,526	29,332
#3,398	Turley	10,524	29,337
#3,400	Acker	10,519	29,351
#3,401	Crist	10,518	29,354
#3,403	Currier	10,513	29,368
#3,404	Broderick	10,504	29,393
#3,405	Waldrop	10,503	29,396

Who is named Lemke

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

95% of people named Lemke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lemkes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leslie Lemke
American musician, born 1952
William Lemke
American politician (1878–1950)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lemke

Lemke has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lemke come from?: Borrowed from German Lemke.
How common is the surname Lemke?: 10,501 people in the United States had the surname Lemke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,402 Americans. It ranked 3,406th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lemke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lemke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lemke?: Leslie Lemke, American musician, followed by William Lemke.
Where is the surname Lemke most common?: Wikidata records people named Lemke in the United States.
Is the surname Lemke getting more or less common?: More common. 10,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,501 in 2010, up 1.4%.