Lehmann
| Pronunciation | German: [ˈleːman] |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | German |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Middle High German |
| Word/name | lēhenman |
| Meaning | 'Lehnsmann' |
| [1][2] | |
Lehmann is a German surname.
Geographical distribution
[edit]As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname Lehmann were residents of Germany, 6.6% of the United States, 6.3% of Switzerland, 3.2% of France, 1.7% of Australia and 1.3% of Poland.
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:[3]
- 1. Brandenburg (1:90)
- 2. Saxony (1:206)
- 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:227)
- 4. Berlin (1:228)
- 5. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:408)
- 6. Thuringia (1:493)
In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following cantons:
- 1. Bern (1:240)
- 2. Solothurn (1:342)
- 3. Fribourg (1:486)
- 4. Basel-Stadt (1:524)
- 5. Jura (1:567)
- 6. Thurgau (1:606)
People
[edit]- Adolf Lehmann, (1863-1937), Canadian chemist who worked in India
- Alisha Lehmann (born 1999), Swiss Footballer
- Anna Ilsabe Lehmann, wife of German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes
- Beatrix Lehmann (1903–1979), British actress
- Christina Lehmann (born 1951), German chess master
- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (1934–2018), American journalist, editor, critic and novelist
- Claire Lehmann (born 1985), Australian writer and editor of Quillette
- Danny Lehmann (born 1985), American baseball coach
- Darren Lehmann (born 1970), Australian cricket batsman, and Australian national cricket team coach
- Dirk Lehmann (born 1971), German footballer
- Else Lehmann (1866–1940), German stage actress
- Erich Leo Lehmann (1917–2009), American statistician
- Erik E. Lehmann, (born 1963), German economist
- Ernst A. Lehmann, (1886–1937), German airship pilot
- Federico Carlos Lehmann (1914–1974), Colombian ornithologist
- Frank Lehmann (born 1989), German footballer
- Frederick William Lehmann (1853–1931), former United States Solicitor General
- Friedrich Carl Lehmann (1850–1903), German consul to Colombia and botanical collector
- Geoffrey Lehmann, people of the same name:
- Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940), Australian poet
- Geoffrey D. Lehmann (1904–1994), English-born religious missionary
- Hans G. Lehmann (born 1939), German photographer
- Harry Lehmann (1924–1998), German physicist
- Henri Lehmann (1814–1882), German artist
- Henry Lehmann (1929–2000), American engineer, emigre from Germany
- Herman Lehmann (1859–1932), American kidnapped by Native-Americans
- Imogen Oona Lehmann (born 1989), German curler
- Inge Lehmann (1888–1993), Danish seismologist
- Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), German banker
- Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863), German astronomer
- Jean-Pierre Lehmann (1945–2017), professor of international political economy at IMD and founding director of The Evian Group at IMD
- Jens Lehmann, people of the same name:
- Jens Lehmann (born 1969), German football player
- Jens Lehmann (born 1967), German cyclist and politician
- Johann Lehmann, people of the same name:
- Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792–1860), German botanist
- Johann Gottlob Lehmann (1719–1767), German mineralogist and geologist
- John Lehmann (1907–1987), English poet
- Jörgen Lehmann (1898–1989), Danish-born Swedish chemist
- Julius Friedrich Lehmann (1864–1935), promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich
- Justus F. Lehmann (1921–2006), prominent German-American physiatrist
- Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1858–1940), German microbiologist
- Karl Lehmann (1936–2018), Bishop of Mainz, Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960), German-born American art historian, archeologist, and professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
- Kevin K. Lehmann (born 1955), American chemist
- Laura Lehmann (born 1994), Filipino actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Lilli Lehmann (1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie
- Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer
- Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976), German singer
- Marie Lehmann (1851–1931), German soprano and voice teacher, sister of Lilli
- Marcus Lehmann (1831–1890), German Rabbi and author
- Michael Lehmann (born 1957), film and television director
- Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), English artist and film designer
- Orla Lehmann (1810–1870), Danish statesman
- Otto Lehmann, people of the same name:
- Otto Lehmann (1855–1922), German physicist
- Otto Lehmann (1889–1968), German movie producer
- Peter Lehmann, people of the same name:
- Peter Lehmann (1930–2013), Australian vintner
- Peter Lehmann (born 1950), German author and publisher
- Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990), British novelist
- Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (1856–1929), English writer, politician, humourist, and former editor of Punch magazine; father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John
- Rudolf Lehmann, (1819–1905), a German-English portraitist and author
- Stephan Lehmann (born 1963), Swiss football goalkeeper
- Sven Lehmann (born 1979), German politician
- Sylvia Lehmann (born 1954), German politician
- Tommy Lehmann (born 1964), Swedish ice hockey player
- Willi Lehmann (1884–1942), German police official and spy for the Soviets
- Winfred P. Lehmann (1916–2007), American linguist
See also
[edit]- Lehmann (disambiguation)
- Lehman
- Lehmannia, a genus of slugs
- Lemann
- Herr Lehmann, book by Sven Regener
- LGB (Lehmann Gross Bahn), a producer of toy locomotives
- Lehmann–Scheffé theorem
References
[edit]- ^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf; Mangold, Max (2023). Duden: das Aussprachewörterbuch (in German). Vol. 6 (8 ed.). Berlin: Cornelsen. p. 563. ISBN 978-3-411-04068-1.
- ^ Kohlheim, Rosa; Kohlheim, Volker (2005). Duden: Familiennamen Herkunft und Bedeutung (in German). Mannheim: Dudenverlag. p. 420. ISBN 3-411-70852-2.
- ^ Lehmann surname distribution
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