The Lindeman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,757 people carried this name — #7,038 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,626 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

1,918 people named Lindeman are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 1,551
Sweden (2022) 367

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lindeman in American newspapers,
1915–1922.

Newspaper page from Harrisburg Telegraph carrying the name Lindeman
Harrisburg Telegraph 1915-08-20
Newspaper page from Evening Public Ledger carrying the name Lindeman
Evening Public Ledger 1922-08-18
Newspaper page from Evening Public Ledger carrying the name Lindeman
Evening Public Ledger 1915-01-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,818 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lindeman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

5,757 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lindeman. The most, 1,095, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4,571
Queensland 675
Victoria 287
South Australia 70
Tasmania 50
Western Australia 42
ACT (Canberra) 37
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Lindeman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Erik Lindschöld
    Erik Lindschöld 1634–1690 · writer
  • William Lindeman
    William Lindeman 1794–1875 · piano maker
  • Ludvig Mathias Lindeman
    Ludvig Mathias Lindeman 1812–1887 · composer
  • Moritz Lindeman
    Moritz Lindeman 1823–1908 · writer
  • Daniel Lindeman 1557–1625 · pharmacist
  • Andreas Lindemann 1730–1787 · physician

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 Lindeman,
in the records of 8 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 States585 records

585 records of the Lindeman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 221
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 141
  • Other U.S. records 223
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harry L. Lindeman

    Born 1915 in Maryland. Enlisted 1941 at Baltimore; apprentice machinist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, Flintstone, Maryland.

    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 Heinr Lindeman

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the Polaria from Hamburg, aged 16; laborer. From Prussia, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Joe Lindeman

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II. Born 1891, died 1962; buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 585 records for Lindeman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Ramsey County, Minnesota (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands8,570 records

8,570 records of the Lindeman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4,831
  • Dutch population registers 3,251
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 488
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petronella Lindeman

    Married in 1866 in Haarlem; domestic servant. Died 1905 in Alkmaar, aged 68.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jurgen Heinrich Lindeman

    Married in 1835 in Diepenheim; gardener. Died 1868 in Diepenheim, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Rebecca Lindeman

    Married in 1942 in Westerbork (Kamp); seamstress. Died 1942 in Oswiecim, Poland, aged 22.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8,570 records for Lindeman in the Netherlands.

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

Australia105 records

105 records of the Lindeman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 34
  • Other Australian records 25
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record August Lindeman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Orizaba, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward Bramhall Lindeman

    Retired grazier of Gresford, Victoria; died 1961.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederick Harold Lindeman

    Of Pokolbin, New South Wales; died 1938.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 105 records for Lindeman 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: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Norway30 records

30 records of the Lindeman name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Olaf Lindeman

    Census of 1910: Gudvang, Aker; agent, born 1881 in Veldre.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Anna Lindeman

    Census of 1910: Sverresli Ny Aasvei, Trondhjem; "sangundervisning", born 1874 in Drammen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ebba Maria Lindeman

    Census of 1910: Bogstadveien, Kristiania; born 1902 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Lindeman in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Finland20 records

20 records of the Lindeman name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 15
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 5
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Veikko Onni Henrik Lindeman

    Born 1919 in Sotkamo; farmer. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Sotkamo.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Juho Frans Lindeman

    Born 1887; labourer. Died in 1918 in Vesilahti, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Veikko Lindeman

    Born 1924 in Jyväskylä; farm labourer. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Saarijärvi.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Lindeman in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Germany5 records

5 records of the Lindeman name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Lindeman

    From Annaberg. Reported missing in the Saxon casualty list of 28 October 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 104).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Viktor Lindeman

    From Reims. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 28 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 68).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Lindeman in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Lindeman 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 Claude Marie Therese Lindeman

    Born 1928 in Paris; died 1997 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

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

    Born 1922 in the United States; died 1998 in Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique).

    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).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Lindeman name in Belgium Belgian population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Matthias Lindeman

    In the population register of Aalst; born 1818 in Weyler.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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