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This article is about the German surname. For other uses, see [Lehmann (disambiguation)](/source/Lehmann_(disambiguation)).

**Lehmann** is a German surname.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname *Lehmann* were residents of [Germany](/source/Germany), 6.6% of the [United States](/source/United_States), 6.3% of [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), 3.2% of [France](/source/France), 1.7% of [Australia](/source/Australia) and 1.3% of [Poland](/source/Poland).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:[1]

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

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

- 1. [Bern](/source/Canton_of_Bern) (1:240)
- 2. [Solothurn](/source/Canton_of_Solothurn) (1:342)
- 3. [Fribourg](/source/Canton_of_Fribourg) (1:486)
- 4. [Basel-Stadt](/source/Canton_of_Basel-Stadt) (1:524)
- 5. [Jura](/source/Canton_of_Jura) (1:567)
- 6. [Thurgau](/source/Canton_of_Thurgau) (1:606)

## People

- [Adolf Lehmann](/source/Adolf_Lehmann), (1863–1937), Canadian chemist who worked in India
- [Alisha Lehmann](/source/Alisha_Lehmann) (born 1999), Swiss Footballer
- [Anna Ilsabe Lehmann](/source/Barthold_Heinrich_Brockes), wife of German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes
- [Beatrix Lehmann](/source/Beatrix_Lehmann) (1903–1979), British actress
- [Christina Lehmann](/source/Christina_Lehmann) (born 1951), German chess master
- [Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](/source/Christopher_Lehmann-Haupt) (1934–2018), American journalist, editor, critic and novelist
- [Claire Lehmann](/source/Claire_Lehmann) (born 1985), Australian writer and editor of Quillette
- [Danny Lehmann](/source/Danny_Lehmann) (born 1985), American baseball coach
- [Darren Lehmann](/source/Darren_Lehmann) (born 1970), Australian cricket player and coach
- [Dirk Lehmann](/source/Dirk_Lehmann) (born 1971), German footballer
- [Else Lehmann](/source/Else_Lehmann) (1866–1940), German stage actress
- [Erich Leo Lehmann](/source/Erich_Leo_Lehmann) (1917–2009), American statistician
- [Erik E. Lehmann](/source/Erik_E._Lehmann), (born 1963), German economist
- [Ernst A. Lehmann](/source/Ernst_A._Lehmann), (1886–1937), German airship pilot
- [Federico Carlos Lehmann](/source/Federico_Carlos_Lehmann) (1914–1974), Colombian ornithologist
- [Frank Lehmann](/source/Frank_Lehmann) (born 1989), German footballer
- [Frederick William Lehmann](/source/Frederick_William_Lehmann) (1853–1931), American Solicitor General
- [Friedrich Carl Lehmann](/source/Friedrich_Carl_Lehmann) (1850–1903), German consul and botanical collector
- [Geoffrey Lehmann](/source/Geoffrey_Lehmann) (born 1940), Australian poet
- [Geoffrey D. Lehmann](/source/Geoffrey_D._Lehmann) (1904–1994), English-born religious missionary
- [Hans G. Lehmann](/source/Hans_G._Lehmann) (born 1939), German photographer
- [Hans-Peter Lehmann](/source/Hans-Peter_Lehmann) (1934–2025), German opera and artistic director, and intendant
- [Harry Lehmann](/source/Harry_Lehmann) (1924–1998), German physicist - [Lehmann–Symanzik–Zimmermann reduction formula](/source/LSZ_reduction_formula)
- [Henri Lehmann](/source/Henri_Lehmann) (1814–1882), German artist
- [Henry Lehmann](/source/Henry_Lehmann) (1929–2000), American engineer
- [Herman Lehmann](/source/Herman_Lehmann) (1859–1932), American kidnapped by Native-Americans
- [Hinrich Lehmann-Grube](/source/Hinrich_Lehmann-Grube) (1932–2017), German politician
- [Imogen Oona Lehmann](/source/Imogen_Oona_Lehmann) (born 1989), German curler
- [Inge Lehmann](/source/Inge_Lehmann) (1888–1993), Danish seismologist - [Lehmann discontinuity](/source/Lehmann_discontinuity)
- [Issachar Berend Lehmann](/source/Issachar_Berend_Lehmann) (1661–1730), German banker
- [Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann](/source/Jacob_Heinrich_Wilhelm_Lehmann) (1800–1863), German astronomer - [Lehmann (lunar crater)](/source/Lehmann_(lunar_crater))
- [Jean-Pierre Lehmann](/source/Jean-Pierre_Lehmann) (1945–2017),economist
- [Jens Lehmann](/source/Jens_Lehmann) (born 1969), German football player
- [Jens Lehmann (cyclist)](/source/Jens_Lehmann_(cyclist)) (born 1967), German cyclist and politician
- [Johann Georg Christian Lehmann](/source/Johann_Georg_Christian_Lehmann) (1792–1860), German botanist - [Johann Gottlob Lehmann](/source/Johann_Gottlob_Lehmann_(scientist)) (1719–1767), German mineralogist and geologist
- [John Lehmann](/source/John_Lehmann) (1907–1987), English poet
- [Jörgen Lehmann](/source/J%C3%B6rgen_Lehmann) (1898–1989), Danish-born Swedish chemist
- [J. F. Lehmann](/source/J._F._Lehmann) (1864–1935), promoter of social psychiatry during the Third Reich
- [Justus F. Lehmann](/source/Justus_F._Lehmann) (1921–2006), German-American psychiatrist
- [Karl Bernhard Lehmann](/source/Karl_Bernhard_Lehmann) (1858–1940), German microbiologist
- [Karl Lehmann](/source/Karl_Lehmann) (1936–2018), German bishop and cardinal
- [Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann](/source/Karl_Leo_Heinrich_Lehmann) (1894–1960), American art historian and archeologist
- [Kevin K. Lehmann](/source/Kevin_K._Lehmann) (born 1955), American chemist
- [Laura Lehmann](/source/Laura_Lehmann) (born 1994), Filipino actress, TV host, model and beauty queen
- [Lilli Lehmann](/source/Lilli_Lehmann) (1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie
- [Liza Lehmann](/source/Liza_Lehmann) (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer
- [Lotte Lehmann](/source/Lotte_Lehmann) (1888–1976), German singer
- [Manfred Lehmann](/source/Manfred_Lehmann) (born 1945), German actor
- [Marie Lehmann (soprano)](/source/Marie_Lehmann_(soprano)) (1851–1931), German soprano and voice teacher, sister of Lilli
- [Marcus Lehmann](/source/Marcus_Lehmann) (1831–1890), German Rabbi and author
- [Michael Lehmann](/source/Michael_Lehmann) (born 1957), film and television director
- [Olga Lehmann](/source/Olga_Lehmann) (1912–2001), English artist and film designer
- [Orla Lehmann](/source/Orla_Lehmann) (1810–1870), Danish statesman
- [Otto Lehmann (physicist)](/source/Otto_Lehmann_(physicist)) (1855–1922), German physicist
- [Otto Lehmann (movie producer)](/source/Otto_Lehmann_(movie_producer)) (1889–1968), German movie producer
- [Peter Lehmann (winemaker)](/source/Peter_Lehmann_(winemaker)) (1930–2013), Australian vintner
- [Peter Lehmann (author)](/source/Peter_Lehmann_(author)) (born 1950), German author and publisher
- [Rosamond Lehmann](/source/Rosamond_Lehmann) (1901–1990), British novelist
- [R. C. Lehmann](/source/R._C._Lehmann) (1856–1929), English writer, politician, humourist, and former editor of Punch magazine; father of Beatrix, Rosamond and John
- [Rudolf Lehmann (artist)](/source/Rudolf_Lehmann_(artist)), (1819–1905), German-English portraitist and author
- [Stephan Lehmann](/source/Stephan_Lehmann) (born 1963), Swiss football player
- [Sven Lehmann (politician)](/source/Sven_Lehmann_(politician)) (born 1979), German politician
- [Sylvia Lehmann](/source/Sylvia_Lehmann) (born 1954), German politician
- [Tommy Lehmann](/source/Tommy_Lehmann) (born 1964), Swedish ice hockey player
- [Willi Lehmann](/source/Willi_Lehmann) (1884–1942), German police official and spy for the Soviets
- [Winfred P. Lehmann](/source/Winfred_P._Lehmann) (1916–2007), American linguist

## See also

- [Lehmann (disambiguation)](/source/Lehmann_(disambiguation))
- [Lehman](/source/Lehman_(surname))
- *[Lehmannia](/source/Lehmannia)*, a genus of slugs
- [Lemann](/source/Lemann)
- *[Herr Lehmann](/source/Herr_Lehmann)*, book by Sven Regener
- [LGB (Lehmann Gross Bahn)](/source/LGB_(Lehmann_Gross_Bahn)), a producer of toy locomotives
- [Lehmann–Scheffé theorem](/source/Lehmann%E2%80%93Scheff%C3%A9_theorem)

## References

1. [Lehmann surname distribution](http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/lehmann#surnames)

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