Leemann
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɫmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Leemann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 9.3K(measured from records)
- UYUruguay1 in 199K
- EEEstonia≈1 in 701K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 74 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.3K (inferred from the name graph)
903 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Leemann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | #984 | 903 | 1 in 9.3K | 903 | Leemann | 53 |
| US United States | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | listed | Leemann | 74 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Leemann | 36 |
| FR France | — | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 2M | 1 | Leemann | 44 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 17 | 1 in 199K | 17 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 7 | 1 in 838K | 7 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | 11 | — | 2 |
903 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Burkhard Leemannb. 1531CH(1531-1613)
- Samuel Leemannb. 1651CH(1651-1709)
- Jules Leemannb. 1813CH(1813-1901)
- Julius Leemannb. 1839DEGerman politician and farmer (1839-1913)
- Robert Leemannb. 1852CHSwiss draftsman, engraver and etcher
- Lydia Leemannb. 1885CH(1885-1979)
- Max Leemannb. 1932CHSwiss trumpeter, composer, conductor and musicologist (1932-2002)
- Pietro Leemannb. 1961CHSwiss chef
- Marcel Leemannb. 1969CHdancer, choreographer (born 1969)
- Timothy Leemannb. 1991CHSwiss pair skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 903 | #1,329 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 17 | — |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 11 | #10,113 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 10 | #10,572 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 8 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #52,982 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 5 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Leemann?
- A machine transcription gives /ɫmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Leemann have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 903 people named Leemann, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leemann.
- Where is Leemann most common?
- Leemann is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.3 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Leemann?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 903 people named Leemann in 2024, about 1 in 9.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Leemann compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Leemann is the 984th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Leemann?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/leemannThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Leemann” — the 984th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.