Find out how popular the last name Lembke is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lembke.

Lembke, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lembke surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lembke in America

Lembke is the 21609th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lembke surname appeared 1,207 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lembke.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lembke to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lembke

The surname Lembke has its origins in Germany, dating back to the medieval period. It likely derived from the Old Germanic word "lamb," which referred to a young sheep or lamb. The name may have initially been used as a descriptive nickname for someone who worked with lambs or as a shepherd.

One of the earliest known records of the name Lembke can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, a collection of historical documents from the region of Brandenburg, Germany. In this codex, a person named Hinricus Lembke is mentioned in the year 1375.

Another early reference to the name appears in the Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, a collection of records from the German state of Mecklenburg. In this document, a man named Nicolaus Lembke is recorded as a resident of the town of Rostock in 1401.

The name Lembke has also been associated with various places in Germany, such as the town of Lembke in Saxony-Anhalt. It is possible that some individuals adopted the surname Lembke based on their association with this or other similar place names.

Notable individuals with the surname Lembke throughout history include:

1. Johann Lembke (1630-1711), a German author and theologian who served as a rector at the University of Greifswald.
2. Johann Philipp Lembke (1711-1786), a German jurist and legal scholar who authored several works on civil law.
3. Johann Friedrich Lembke (1757-1828), a German painter and engraver known for his landscape and architectural works.
4. Kaspar Lembke (1781-1856), a German painter and lithographer who specialized in military subjects and portraits.
5. Wilhelm Lembke (1836-1893), a German architect and educator who designed several notable buildings in Berlin and served as a professor at the Technical University of Berlin.

While the surname Lembke may have evolved over time and taken on various spellings or regional variations, its historical roots can be traced back to medieval Germany and its association with the concept of lambs or shepherding.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lembke

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lembke.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lembke was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lembke has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lembke was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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