The Lerma surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,639 people carried this name — #2,852 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,400 people counted. That is up 23% from 10,235 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lerma surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lerma» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 332 people named Lerma 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 Salta.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 40 people named Lerma.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
Lerma in American newspapers,
1843–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,219 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Lerma in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.
82 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lerma. The most, 45, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lerma.
Who carried it
People named Lerma,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Ramón Lerma 1930–2016 · painter
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Francisco Lerma Martínez 1944–2019 · Catholic priest
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Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco 1945–2025 · Catholic priest
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Arnie Lerma 1950–2018 · critic
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Ronald Lerma Gamboa 1968–2001 · retail manager
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Lerma,
in the records of 2 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 States390 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 251
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 79
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Samuel P. LermaBorn 1907 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; waiter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Guadalupe LermaBorn 1949; from Edcouch, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Clotilde LermaArrived at New York in 1912 aboard the Mendoza from Messina, Naples and Genova, aged 37. From Acri, Cosenza, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 390 records for Lerma 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) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France12 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Julian LermaBorn 1933 in Spain; died 1998 in Lormont (Gironde).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Suzanne Jeanne LermaBorn 1921 in Nîmes (Gard); died 1999 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marcel Etienne Jean LermaBorn 1906 in Marseille; died 1999 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 12 records for Lerma 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lerma.
- Leray 305 · U.S. census
- Lerch 3,674 · U.S. census
- Lerche 304 · U.S. census
- Lere 105 · U.S. census
- Lerebours 166 · U.S. census
- Leriche 406 · U.S. census
- Lerner 7,672 · U.S. census
- Lerouge 188 · U.S. census
- Leroux 3,115 · U.S. census
- Leroy 7,759 · U.S. census
- Lesage 1,847 · U.S. census
- Lesch 1,296 · U.S. census
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