The Lehman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,180 people carried this name — #1,086 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,170 people counted. That is up 3% from 31,296 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
170 people named Lehman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 206 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Lehman.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Lehman live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
137 people named Lehman is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Lehman in American newspapers,
1904–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Lehman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emanuel Lehman 1827–1907 · banker -
Mayer Lehman 1830–1897 · businessperson -
Marcus Lehmann 1831–1890 · writer -
Emma Augusta Lehman 1841–1922 · naturalist -
August Lehman 1842–1922 · pharmacist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 163 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lehman.
- Legrand 5,413 · U.S. census
- Legree 760 · U.S. census
- Legris 174 · U.S. census
- Legros 1,648 · U.S. census
- Legue 221 · U.S. census
- Lehe 118 · U.S. census
- Lehmann 8,799 · U.S. census
- Lehn 1,448 · U.S. census
- Lehnen 658 · U.S. census
- Lehner 3,133 · U.S. census
- Lehnert 1,241 · U.S. census
- Lehoux 208 · U.S. census
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