The Lemmens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 177 people carried this name — #101,737 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 11% from 199 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 7,908 people named Lemmens live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Lemmens.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nord.
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 print
Lemmens in American newspapers,
1879–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,279 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lemmens,
with a public archive behind them.
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Helen Lemmens-Sherrington 1834–1906 · opera singer -
Jean-Nicolas Lemmens 1850–1897 · Catholic priest -
Leonhard Lemmens 1864–1929 · author -
Guillaume Lemmens 1884–1960 · Catholic priest -
Salesius Lemmens 1904–1942 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 82 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lemmens.
- Lemer 368 · U.S. census
- Lemere 772 · U.S. census
- Lemery 781 · U.S. census
- Lemieux 7,567 · U.S. census
- Lemire 3,507 · U.S. census
- Lemmel 215 · U.S. census
- Lemmer 1,723 · U.S. census
- Lemoine 6,343 · U.S. census
- Lemond 1,172 · U.S. census
- Lemonde 101 · U.S. census
- Lemonier 199 · U.S. census
- Lemonnier 133 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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