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

Lemmons, 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 Lemmons surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lemmons in America

Lemmons is the 8749th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lemmons surname appeared 3,749 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Lemmons.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lemmons 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 Lemmons

The surname LEMMONS is of English origin and can be traced back to the early 13th century. It is believed to have derived from the Old English word "lemon," which referred to a person who lived near a lemon tree or a grove of lemon trees.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name LEMMONS can be found in the Leicestershire Subsidy Rolls of 1327, where a William Lemmon is listed as a taxpayer. This suggests that the name was already established in the county of Leicestershire by the early 14th century.

In the 15th century, the name appears in the Hertfordshire Feet of Fines, a collection of legal records, with an entry for a John Lemmons in 1455. This document provides evidence of the variant spelling "Lemmons" being in use during this period.

The LEMMONS surname is also found in the Domesday Book of 1086, the great survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror. This early record mentions a landowner named Radulfus de Lemon, indicating that the name may have originated from a place name or a location where lemon trees were cultivated.

Notable individuals with the surname LEMMONS include:

1. Robert LEMMONS (c. 1620 - 1685), an English merchant and one of the earliest settlers in the colony of Virginia.
2. Elizabeth LEMMONS (1675 - 1738), a renowned herbalist and midwife in colonial New England.
3. William LEMMONS (1765 - 1842), a British naval officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars.
4. John LEMMONS (1789 - 1860), an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Representative from Ohio.
5. Mary LEMMONS (1845 - 1923), an influential educator and advocate for women's rights in the late 19th century.

While the LEMMONS surname has its roots in England, it has since spread to various parts of the world, including North America, Australia, and New Zealand, through immigration and migration patterns over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lemmons

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

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 Lemmons 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 Lemmons 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 Lemmons was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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