The Flemming surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,234 people carried this name — #5,575 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,921 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Flemming surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘the Fleming’.

An early record he cites: John le Flemeng, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Fleming and Flemming.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 292 · public domain.

In Poland’s population register

132 people named Flemming have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 172 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 73
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 32
Łódź 10
Masovian 5
Silesian 4
West Pomeranian 4
Lower Silesian 2
Warmian-Masurian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Flemming live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
St. Gallen 11
Vaud 9
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

155 people named Flemming are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 95
Sweden (2022) 60

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Flemming in American newspapers,
1913–1914.

Newspaper page from Decorah Public Opinion carrying the name Flemming
Decorah Public Opinion 1914-10-07
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Flemming
The Telegraph-courier 1913-03-13
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Flemming
The Telegraph-courier 1913-01-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,275 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Flemming in Australian newspapers,
1810s–2010s.

16,438 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Flemming. The most, 4,288, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 6,080
Victoria 3,844
South Australia 2,393
Queensland 1,993
Western Australia 1,220
Tasmania 791
ACT (Canberra) 89
Northern Territory 13

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Flemming.

Who carried it

People named Flemming,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacob Heinrich von Flemming
    Jacob Heinrich von Flemming 1667–1728 · military personnel
  • Jacob Heinrich von Flemming
    Jacob Heinrich von Flemming 1667–1728 · military personnel
  • Paul Flemming d. 1916 · navy sailor
  • Amy Flemming d. 1970
  • Margareta von Flemming d. 1592
  • Hans von Flemming d. 1566

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Flemming,
in the records of 10 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,014 records

2,014 records of the Flemming name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 945
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 526
  • Other U.S. records 543
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frederick W. Flemming

    Born 1919 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Newark, New Jersey; shipping clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Randolph, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert B. Flemming

    Born 1922 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; driver from Middlesex County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman J. Flemming

    Born 1917 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; farmer from Calumet County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 2,014 records for Flemming in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

Canada804 records

804 records of the Flemming name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 754
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 20
  • Other Canadian records 30
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Flemming

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 24; buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Flemming

    Came to Ontario in 1865 aboard the N American, landing at Portland, bound for Whitby, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Flora L. Flemming

    Buried in 1953 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 71.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.

Showing 3 of 804 records for Flemming in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany674 records

674 records of the Flemming name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 669
  • German emigration and citizenship files 4
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Robert Flemming

    Born 1898; from Lütkenhagen, Cammin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 221).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Christian Friedrich Flemming

    Left Rudelsdorf for Dorf Beutnitz in 1820; smith.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Christiane Flemming

    Emigrated to South America in 1855.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 674 records for Flemming in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Australia590 records

590 records of the Flemming name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 346
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 101
  • Other Australian records 143
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Bridget Flemming

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the St Vincent, sailing from London in 1849. Native of Kildare. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Flemming

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Raven, arriving 1847.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charlotte Flemming

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Miles Barton, aged 30; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 590 records for Flemming in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands377 records

377 records of the Flemming name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 171
  • Dutch population registers 151
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 55
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Flemming

    Married in 1833 in Amsterdam; washerwoman. Died 1890 in Rijswijk.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Dirk Flemming

    Married in 1939 in 's-Gravenhage; office clerk. Died 1961 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 52; municipal official.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christiaan Flemming

    Married in 1907 in Amsterdam; company official. Died 1956 in Bloemendaal, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 377 records for Flemming in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Norway22 records

22 records of the Flemming name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Hans Sten Flemming

    Census of 1910: Vogtsgate, Moss; merchant, born 1873 in Moss.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Dorthea Flemming

    Census of 1910: Langleiken, Kristiania; "tobakarbeiderske", born 1833 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 2 of 22 records for Flemming in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom20 records

20 records of the Flemming name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 17
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Thomas Buist Flemming

    Will proved in 1938; of Swansea.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Flemming

    Buried in 1798 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 29.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 2 of 20 records for Flemming in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Finland7 records

7 records of the Flemming name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Johannes Flemming

    Born 1912 in Maalahti; farmer. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Maalahti.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 7 records for Flemming in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

France4 records

4 records of the Flemming name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hildegarde Erna Flemming

    Born 1914 in Germany; died 1995 in Orange (Vaucluse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Flemming in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Flemming name in New Zealand
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Clare Mary Flemming

    Died 1977, aged 51; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Flemming in New Zealand.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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