The Lemus surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,079 people carried this name — #1,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,900 people counted. That is up 63% from 16,583 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 725 people named Lemus 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 407
City of Buenos Aires 127
Chubut 53
Mendoza 40
Córdoba 22
Río Negro 21
Santa Cruz 16
San Juan 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Lemus live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 12
Geneva 6
Basel-Landschaft 4
St. Gallen 3
Vaud 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 print

Lemus in American newspapers,
1873–1922.

Newspaper page from La Crónica carrying the name Lemus
La Crónica 1875-06-19
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Lemus
La Prensa 1922-09-01
Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Lemus
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1873-04-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Lemus,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José María Lemus
    José María Lemus 1911–1993 · politician
  • Exequiel Alejandro Lemus Muñoz d. 1973
  • Eugenio Lemus 1843–1911 · painter
  • Vera Vladimirovna Lemus 1905–1987

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 Lemus,
in the records of 4 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 States250 records

250 records of the Lemus name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 208
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Ruiz Lemus

    Born 1948; from Barstow, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1968 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph C. Lemus

    Born 1921 in Cuba. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida; pressman from Hillsborough County, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ludwika Lemus

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Westphalia from Hamburg, aged 25. From Suwalki, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 250 records for Lemus in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Lemus name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Salvadore Lemus

    Died 1990, aged 37; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Avid Stanley Lemus

    Died 1987; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Lemus in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Lemus 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 Gaston Lemus

    Born 1913 in La Trinité; died 1996 in Fort-de-France (Martinique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Octavie Lemus

    Born 1895 in La Trinité; died 1991 in La Trinité (Martinique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Lemus name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Harme Lemus

    Buried in 1776 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jan Neel Lemus

    Buried in 1676 in Tilburg.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (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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