The Schlemmer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,017 people carried this name — #14,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,883 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Schlemmer.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 54 people named Schlemmer 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Schlemmer live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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
Schlemmer in American newspapers,
1885–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,844 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schlemmer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oskar Schlemmer 1888–1943 · photographer -
Maxmilian Norbert Schlemmer 1677–1721 · painter
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Joseph Schlemmer 1767–1830 · jurist
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Caspar Schlemmer 1803–1856 · restaurateur
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Ernst Mahner 1808–1876
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Hubert Schlemmer 1862–1945 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schlemmer.
- Schlecht 2,118 · U.S. census
- Schlegel 7,461 · U.S. census
- Schleich 779 · U.S. census
- Schleicher 3,356 · U.S. census
- Schleifer 932 · U.S. census
- Schlemer 106 · U.S. census
- Schlepp 406 · U.S. census
- Schlesinger 3,940 · U.S. census
- Schlesser 302 · U.S. census
- Schlichter 667 · U.S. census
- Schlick 846 · U.S. census
- Schlitter 324 · U.S. census
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