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    The surname Lemon

    A surname, carried by 15,140 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L550

    Lemon: #2,393 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lemon #2,393, 15,140 people Lemon: #2,393 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lemon #2,393, 15,140 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemon is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,140 people named Lemon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,393 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,573.

    #2,393
    rank among US surnames
    15,140
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,283)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,384Negrete15,24520,252
    #2,385Hearn15,23420,267
    #2,387Watt15,21120,298
    #2,388Roque15,20320,308
    #2,389Pyle15,18020,339
    #2,390Kitchen15,17020,352
    #2,391Guillory15,16120,364

    Who is named Lemon

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

    62% of people named Lemon identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lemons

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Don Lemon
      American journalist and news anchor (born 1966)
    • Meadowlark Lemon
      American basketball player (1932–2015)
    • Bob Lemon
      American baseball player and coach, 1920–2000
    • Walter Lemon, Jr.
      American basketball player (born 1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Lemmond

    Surnames that sound like Lemon

    Lemon 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 Lemon?
    15,140 people in the United States had the surname Lemon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,393 Americans. It ranked 2,393rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lemon?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Lemon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lemon?
    Don Lemon, American journalist and news anchor (born 1966), followed by Meadowlark Lemon.
    Where is the surname Lemon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lemon in the United States.
    Is the surname Lemon getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,140 in 2010, up 3.9%.
    What are other spellings of Lemon?
    Lemmond.