Lehmann Explained

Lehmann
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /de/
Language:	German
Origin:	lēhenman
Meaning:	'Lehnsmann'
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2]

Lehmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname Lehmann were residents of Germany, 6.6% of the United States, 6.3% of Switzerland, 3.2% of France, 1.7% of Australia and 1.3% of Poland.

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:^[3]

• 1. Brandenburg (1:90)
• 2. Saxony (1:206)
• 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:227)
• 4. Berlin (1:228)
• 5. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:408)
• 6. Thuringia (1:493)

In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following cantons:

• 1. Bern (1:240)
• 2. Solothurn (1:342)
• 3. Fribourg (1:486)
• 4. Basel-Stadt (1:524)
• 5. Jura (1:567)
• 6. Thurgau (1:606)

People

• Adolf Lehmann, (1863-1937), Canadian chemist who worked in India
• Alisha Lehmann (born 1999), Swiss Footballer
• Anna Ilsabe Lehmann, wife of German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes
• Beatrix Lehmann (1903–1979), British actress
• Christina Lehmann (born 1951), German chess master
• Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (1934–2018), American journalist, editor, critic and novelist
• Claire Lehmann (born 1985), Australian writer and editor of Quillette
• Danny Lehmann (born 1985), American baseball coach
• Darren Lehmann (born 1970), Australian cricket batsman, and Australian national cricket team coach
• Dirk Lehmann (born 1971), German footballer
• Else Lehmann (1866–1940), German stage actress
• Erich Leo Lehmann (1917–2009), American statistician
• Erik E. Lehmann, (born 1963), German economist
• Ernst A. Lehmann, (1886–1937), German airship pilot
• Federico Carlos Lehmann (1914–1974), Colombian ornithologist
• Frank Lehmann (born 1989), German footballer
• Frederick William Lehmann (1853–1931), former United States Solicitor General
• Friedrich Carl Lehmann (1850–1903), German consul to Colombia and botanical collector
• Geoffrey Lehmann, people of the same name:
  • Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940), Australian poet
  • Geoffrey D. Lehmann (1904–1994), English-born religious missionary
• Hans G. Lehmann (born 1939), German photographer
• Harry Lehmann (1924–1998), German physicist
  • Lehmann–Symanzik–Zimmermann reduction formula
• Henri Lehmann (1814–1882), German artist
• Henry Lehmann (1929–2000), American engineer, emigre from Germany
• Herman Lehmann (1859–1932), American kidnapped by Native-Americans
• Imogen Oona Lehmann (born 1989), German curler
• Inge Lehmann (1888–1993), Danish seismologist
  • Lehmann discontinuity
• Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), German banker
• Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863), German astronomer
  • Lehmann (lunar crater)
• Jean-Pierre Lehmann (1945–2017), professor of international political economy at IMD and founding director of The Evian Group at IMD
• Jens Lehmann, people of the same name:
  • Jens Lehmann (born 1969), German football player
  • Jens Lehmann (born 1967), German cyclist and politician
• Johann Lehmann, people of the same name:
  • Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792–1860), German botanist
  • Johann Gottlob Lehmann (1719–1767), German mineralogist and geologist
• John Lehmann (1907–1987), English poet
• Jörgen Lehmann (1898–1989), Danish-born Swedish chemist
• Julius Friedrich Lehmann (1864–1935), promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich
• Justus F. Lehmann (1921–2006), prominent German-American physiatrist
• Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1858–1940), German microbiologist
• Karl Lehmann (1936–2018), Bishop of Mainz, Cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960), German-born American art historian, archeologist, and professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
• Kevin K. Lehmann (born 1955), American chemist
• Laura Lehmann (born 1994), Filipino actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Lilli Lehmann (1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie
• Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer
• Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976), German singer
• Marie Lehmann (1851–1931), German soprano and voice teacher, sister of Lilli
• Marcus Lehmann (1831–1890), German Rabbi and author
• Michael Lehmann (born 1957), film and television director
• Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), English artist and film designer
• Orla Lehmann (1810–1870), Danish statesman
• Otto Lehmann, people of the same name:
  • Otto Lehmann (1855–1922), German physicist
  • Otto Lehmann (1889–1968), German movie producer
• Peter Lehmann, people of the same name:
  • Peter Lehmann (1930–2013), Australian vintner
  • Peter Lehmann (born 1950), German author and publisher
• Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990), British novelist
• Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (1856–1929), English writer, politician, humourist, and former editor of Punch magazine; father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John
• Rudolf Lehmann, (1819–1905), a German-English portraitist and author
• Stephan Lehmann (born 1963), Swiss football goalkeeper
• Sven Lehmann (born 1979), German politician
• Sylvia Lehmann (born 1954), German politician
• Tommy Lehmann (born 1964), Swedish ice hockey player
• Willi Lehmann (1884–1942), German police official and spy for the Soviets
• Winfred P. Lehmann (1916–2007), American linguist

See also

• Lehmann (disambiguation)
• Lehman
• Lehmannia, a genus of slugs
• Lemann
• Herr Lehmann, book by Sven Regener
• LGB (Lehmann Gross Bahn), a producer of toy locomotives
• Lehmann–Scheffé theorem

Notes and References

1. Book: Kleiner. Stefan. Knöbl. Ralf. Mangold. Max. Duden: das Aussprachewörterbuch. 6. 8. de. Berlin. Cornelsen. 2023. 978-3-411-04068-1. 563.
2. Book: Rosa. Kohlheim. Volker. Kohlheim. Duden: Familiennamen Herkunft und Bedeutung. de. Mannheim. Dudenverlag. 2005. 3-411-70852-2. 420.
3. http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/lehmann#surnames Lehmann surname distribution