Lindeman

'''Lindeman''' is a German, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish surname.

==Geographical distribution== As of 2014, 58.8% of all known bearers of the surname ''Lindeman'' were residents of the United States (frequency 1:55,620), 16.5% of the Netherlands (1:9,286), 7.6% of Finland (1:6,521), 3.5% of Australia (1:61,911), 3.0% of Sweden (1:29,570), 2.1% of Russia (1:621,945) and 1.9% of Canada (1:176,067).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,521) in the following regions: * 1. Åland (1:1,009) * 2. Central Finland (1:2,029) * 3. Southwest Finland (1:3,518) * 4. Päijänne Tavastia (1:4,148) * 5. Pirkanmaa (1:4,156) * 6. Kainuu (1:5,120) * 7. Ostrobothnia (1:5,607) * 8. Kymenlaakso (1:6,104) * 9. Tavastia Proper (1:6,190)

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,286) in the following provinces: * 1. Groningen (1:4,317) * 2. Drenthe (1:6,121) * 3. Utrecht (1:6,514) * 4. North Holland (1:6,629) * 5. Flevoland (1:6,662) * 6. South Holland (1:8,411)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:29,570) in the following counties:<ref name="lindeman2014">[https://forebears.io/surnames/lindeman Lindeman surname distribution]</ref> * 1. Västmanland County (1:7,860) * 2. Örebro County (1:10,186) * 3. Södermanland County (1:10,341) * 4. Norrbotten County (1:20,901) * 5. Östergötland County (1:23,031) * 6. Västernorrland County (1:24,396) * 7. Värmland County (1:25,221) * 8. Stockholm County (1:28,045) * 9. Uppsala County (1:29,147)

==People== *Bert-Jan Lindeman (b. 1989), Dutch road bicycle racer *Eduard C. Lindeman (1885–1953), American educator *Fredrik Otto Lindeman (b. 1936), Norwegian linguist, Lindeman's law *Henry Lindeman (1902–1961), American woodwind player, Lindeman-Sobel approach *Jan Christiaan Lindeman (1921–2007), Dutch botanist *Jim Lindeman (b. 1962), American baseball player *Kurt Lindeman (b. 1932), Finnish fencer *Lars Lindeman (1920–2006), Finnish politician *Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887), Norwegian composer and organist *Ole Andreas Lindeman (1769–1857), Norwegian organist and music teacher *Osmo Lindeman (1929–1987), Finnish composer and pedagogue *Peter Brynie Lindeman (1858–1930), Norwegian organist, composer, and cellist *Raymond Lindeman (1915–1942), American ecologist *Tamara Lindeman (b. 1984), Canadian actress and musician *Trygve Lindeman (1896–1979), Norwegian cellist and conservatory director *William Lindeman (1794–1875), German piano manufacturer

==Places== *The Lindeman Islands, part of the Whitsunday Islands. These include Lindeman Island, and form Lindeman Islands National Park *Lindeman, a Klondike Gold Rush era settlement along Lindeman Lake (Chilkoot Trail) in British Columbia, Canada *Lindeman Fjord, Greenland

==Other== *Lindeman (characters), created by Hasse Alfredson *Lindemans Brewery, maker of Lambic beer

==References== {{reflist}} {{surname|Lindeman}}

Category:Dutch-language surnames Category:Norwegian-language surnames Category:Swedish-language surnames