Lehmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname ''Lehmann'' were residents of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, 6.6% of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, 6.3% of

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

, 3.2% of

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, 1.7% of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and 1.3% of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:Lehmann surname distribution
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Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

(1:90) * 2.

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

(1:206) * 3.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

(1:227) * 4.

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

(1:228) * 5.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

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Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

(1:493) In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following cantons: * 1.

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

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Solothurn Solothurn ( ; ; ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is ...

(1:342) * 3.

Fribourg or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...

(1:486) * 4.

Basel-Stadt Canton of Basel-Stadt or Basel-City ( ; ; ; ) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital. It is traditionally considered a " half-canton", the other half being B ...

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Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...

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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 Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third o ...

(1903–1979), British actress * Christina Lehmann (born 1951), German chess master *

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (June 14, 1934 – November 7, 2018) was an American journalist, editor of ''The New York Times Book Review'', critic, and novelist, based in New York City. He served as senior Daily Book Reviewer from 1969 to 1995. Bi ...

(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 Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who coached the Australian national team. He is currently head coach at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 an ...

(born 1970), Australian cricket player and coach * Dirk Lehmann (born 1971), German footballer * Else Lehmann (1866–1940), German stage actress *

Erich Leo Lehmann Erich Leo Lehmann (20 November 1917 – 12 September 2009) was a German-born American statistician, who made a major contribution to nonparametric hypothesis testing. He is one of the eponyms of the Lehmann–Scheffé theorem and of the Hodges ...

(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), American Solicitor General * Friedrich Carl Lehmann (1850–1903), German consul and botanical collector * Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940), Australian poet * Geoffrey D. Lehmann (1904–1994), English-born religious missionary * Hans G. Lehmann (born 1939), German photographer * Hans-Peter Lehmann (1934–2025), German opera and artistic director, and intendant *

Harry Lehmann Harry Lehmann (21 March 1924 in Güstrow22 November 1998 in Hamburg) was a German physicist. Known for his work on correlation functions in quantum field theory. Biography Lehmann studied physics at Rostock and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berl ...

(1924–1998), German physicist ** Lehmann–Symanzik–Zimmermann reduction formula *

Henri Lehmann Henri Lehmann (; 14 April 1814 – 30 March 1882) was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist. Life Born Heinrich Salem Lehmann in Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, he received his first art tuition from his father Leo Lehmann ...

(1814–1882), German artist * Henry Lehmann (1929–2000), American engineer * Herman Lehmann (1859–1932), American kidnapped by Native-Americans * Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (1932–2017), German politician *

Imogen Oona Lehmann Imogen Oona Lehmann (born 30 December 1989) is a Swiss- German curler. She is a member of the German national women's team. She is originally from Basel, Switzerland. Oona Lehmann played her junior career in her native Switzerland. In 2009, she ...

(born 1989), German curler *

Inge Lehmann Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth. The seismic discontinuity in the sp ...

(1888–1993), Danish seismologist ** Lehmann discontinuity *

Issachar Berend Lehmann Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, or Berman Halberstadt (April 23, 1661 in Essen, Westphalia – July 9, 1730 in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia), was a German banker, merchant, diploma ...

(1661–1730), German banker * Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863), German astronomer ** Lehmann (lunar crater) * Jean-Pierre Lehmann (1945–2017),economist * Jens Lehmann (born 1969), German football player *

Jens Lehmann (cyclist) Jens Lehmann (born 19 December 1967) is a German politician of the CDU and a former professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. Cycling career Despite his many successes (including being part of the first team pursuit squad to break ...

(born 1967), German cyclist and politician * Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792–1860), German botanist ** Johann Gottlob Lehmann (1719–1767), German mineralogist and geologist *

John Lehmann Rudolf John Frederick Lehmann (2 June 1907 – 7 April 1987) was an English publisher, poet and man of letters. He founded the periodicals '' New Writing'' and ''The London Magazine'', and the publishing house of John Lehmann Limited. Early ...

(1907–1987), English poet *

Jörgen Lehmann Jörgen Erik Lehmann (15 January 1898 – 26 December 1989) was a Denmark, Danish-Sweden, Swedish physician and chemist best known for his discovery in the 1940s that para-amino salicylic acid (PAS) would make an excellent orally-available tub ...

(1898–1989), Danish-born Swedish chemist * J. F. Lehmann (1864–1935), promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich * Justus F. Lehmann (1921–2006), German-American psychiatrist * Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1858–1940), German microbiologist * Karl Lehmann (1936–2018), German bishop and cardinal * Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960), American art historian and archeologist * Kevin K. Lehmann (born 1955), American chemist * Laura Lehmann (born 1994), Filipino actress, TV host, model and beauty queen *

Lilli Lehmann Lilli Lehmann (born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, later Elisabeth Maria Lehmann-Kalisch; 24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929) was a German operatic dramatic coloratura soprano. She was also a voice teacher and animal welfare advocate. Biography The fu ...

(1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie * Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer *

Lotte Lehmann Charlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German-American dramatic soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses, on the recital stage and in teaching.She gave memorable ...

(1888–1976), German singer * Marie Lehmann (soprano) (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 (physicist) Otto Lehmann (13 January 1855 in Konstanz, Germany – 17 June 1922 in Karlsruhe) was a German physicist and "father" of liquid crystal. Life Otto was the son of Franz Xavier Lehmann, a mathematics teacher in the Baden-Wurtemberg school system, w ...

(1855–1922), German physicist *

Otto Lehmann (movie producer) Otto Lehmann (22 January 1889 in Berlin – 28 April 1968 in Munich ) was a German movie producer. Career Lehmann studied to be a teacher at the Lutheran seminary in Neuzelle. Upon graduation, he taught at primary and middle schools. 1925 Bor ...

(1889–1968), German movie producer * Peter Lehmann (winemaker) (1930–2013), Australian vintner *

Peter Lehmann (author) Peter Lehmann (born 1950 in Calw, Black Forest, West Germany), D. Phil. h.c., is an author, social scientist, publisher, and an independent freelance activist in humanistic anti-psychiatry, living in Berlin, Germany. In 1986, he founded Peter Le ...

(born 1950), German author and publisher * Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990), British novelist * R. C. Lehmann (1856–1929), English writer, politician, humourist, and former editor of Punch magazine; father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John * Rudolf Lehmann (artist), (1819–1905), German-English portraitist and author * Stephan Lehmann (born 1963), Swiss football player * Sven Lehmann (politician) (born 1979), German politician * Sylvia Lehmann (born 1954), German politician * Tommy Lehmann (born 1964), Swedish ice hockey player *

Willi Lehmann Willi (Willy) Lehmann (15 March 1884 – 13 December 1942) was a police official and Soviet agent in Nazi Germany. Lehmann was a criminal inspector and SS-'' Hauptsturmführer'' (captain), alias Agent A-201/Breitenbach. During World War II ...

(1884–1942), German police official and spy for the Soviets *

Winfred P. Lehmann Winfred Philip Lehmann (June 23, 1916August 1, 2007) was an American linguist who specialized in historical, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics. He was for many years a professor and head of departments for linguistics at the University o ...

(1916–2007), American linguist

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