Lemke (surname) explained

Lemke is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 59.6% of all known bearers of the surname Lemke were residents of Germany (frequency 1:2,598), 27.7% of the United States (1:3,061,452), 4.6% of Brazil (1:86,475), 2.1% of Canada (1:33,211) and 2.1% of Poland (1:34,335).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,598) in the following states:^[1]

• 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:599)
• 2. Brandenburg (1:837)
• 3. Schleswig-Holstein (1:969)
• 4. Berlin (1:1,102)
• 5. Bremen (1:1,445)
• 6. Hamburg (1:1,642)
• 7. Lower Saxony (1:1,716)
• 8. Saxony-Anhalt (1:1,977)

People

• Anthony Lemke (born 1970), Canadian actor
• Birsel Lemke (born 1950), Turkish environmentalist
• Carlton E. Lemke (1920-2004), American mathematician
• Helmut Lemke (1907-1990), German politician
• James Lemke (born 1988), Australian professional tennis player
• James U Lemke (1929–2019), American physicist and entrepreneur
• Jay Lemke (born 1946), American education scientist
• LeRoy Lemke (1935 - 1991), American lawyer and politician
• Leslie Lemke (born 1952), American musical savant
• Lev Lemke (1931-1996), Russian actor
• Mark Lemke (born 1965), baseball player
• Peter Henry Lemke (1796-1882), German Benedictine
• Richard R. Lemke (1930-2016), American farmer and politician
• Siegfried Lemke (1921-1995), German World War II Luftwaffe ace
• Steffi Lemke (born 1968), German politician
• Steve Lemke, American guitar player
• Thorsten Lemke, developer of GraphicConverter for macOS, owner of LemkeSoft
• Wilfried Lemke (1946-2024), German football manager
• William Lemke (1878-1950), American politician
• Wolf Lemke (1938-2018), German aircraft designer
• Dave Lemke, original bass player of Imagine Dragons

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/lemke Lemke surname distribution