The Lemmon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,170 people carried this name — #5,633 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,132 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lemmon surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Leman’.

His entry covers Leman, Lemmon, Lemon, Leaman and Limon.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 477 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Lemmon was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Sussex: 14 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 714. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Lemmon and Lemon.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Sussex 14
Norfolk 10

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

211 families named Lemmon, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,233 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 22 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 87
Maryland 33
North Carolina 24
Virginia 18
Maine 15
New York 13
South Carolina 8
Massachusetts 7
New Hampshire 3
Connecticut 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 250 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Lemmon in American newspapers,
1859.

Newspaper page from Sugar Planter carrying the name Lemmon
Sugar Planter 1859-07-02
Newspaper page from Sugar Planter carrying the name Lemmon
Sugar Planter 1859-07-09
Newspaper page from Sugar Planter carrying the name Lemmon
Sugar Planter 1859-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,013 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lemmon in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

29,225 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lemmon. The most, 11,004, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 16,322
Western Australia 4,657
New South Wales 3,594
Queensland 1,922
South Australia 1,565
Tasmania 725
ACT (Canberra) 342
Northern Territory 84

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

Who carried it

People named Lemmon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sara Plummer Lemmon
    Sara Plummer Lemmon 1836–1923 · nurse
  • John Lemmon
    John Lemmon 1875–1955 · politician
  • Nelson Lemmon
    Nelson Lemmon 1908–1989 · politician
  • John Gill Lemmon 1832–1908 · botanical collector
  • Daniel F. Lemmon 1844– · writer
  • Isabel Trasker Lemmon 1878–1957

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 Lemmon,
in the records of 6 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 States507 records

507 records of the Lemmon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 233
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
  • Other U.S. records 171
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald I. Lemmon

    Born 1920 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe; locomotive fireman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jean Lemmon

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Amsterdam from Boulogne and Rotterdam, aged 24; laborer. From Burlington, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Keith Lemmon

    Born 1947; from Youngstown, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 507 records for Lemmon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia114 records

114 records of the Lemmon name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 62
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 43
  • Other Australian records 9
  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 William Lemmon

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lady Harewood, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1838.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Hyderabad, aged 46; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edith Emily Lemmon

    Gentlewoman of E Kew, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 114 records for Lemmon in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada44 records

44 records of the Lemmon name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 29
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 7
  • Other Canadian records 8
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mark Lemmon

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Lake Superior, landing at Quebec, bound for Chatham, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Luella Francis Lemmon

    Buried in 1979 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William French Lemmon

    Died 1972 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 44 records for Lemmon in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Lemmon name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Dean T. Lemmon

    Died 1995, aged 33; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Alexander Lemmon

    Died 1919. Named in the roll of honour (1926).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. J. Lemmon

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Lemmon in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Lemmon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Lemmon

    Died 1870 in Vlissingen, aged 24; "bootsman".

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Lemmon

    Died 1898 in Rotterdam, aged 24.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lijsbet Lemmon

    Married in 1634 in Alkmaar.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Alkmaar (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Lemmon name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Clara Lemmon

    Died 1920, aged 36; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: 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).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Lemmon.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Lemmon.

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