Lindau

loc · Latin script

Meaning: From Lindau on Constance lake in Bavaria, and in Hol- stein

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Lindau is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany
  • CHSwitzerland
  • ATAustria

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Lindau on Constance lake in Bavaria, and in Hol- stein.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lindau is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, habitational name from Lindau, which is named with Old High German linta ‘lime tree’ + ouwa ‘water meadow’ or ‘island’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In German, Herkunftsname zu Lindau bzw. Linde; nd/nn-Variation in der Stammschreibung. Bearer counts: 1522, 1413.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Wohnstättenname zu Aue; zeigt die morphologische Varianz -au/-auer, mit Lindauer als Variante.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Rudolf Lindau, b. 1829Jakob Lindau, b. 1833Paul Lindau, b. 1839Karl Lindau, b. 1853Gustav Lindau, b. 1866Arvid Lindau, b. 1892Lisl Lindau, b. 1907Friedrich Lindau, b. 1915Peter Lindau, b. 1972Philip Lindau, b. 1991

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Lindau
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—853#1,163
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020423#52,889
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000348#55,237
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010328#61,297
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—63#1,411
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—45#2,190
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—39#28,294
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202434#24,910
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—31#145,687
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—28#36,289
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199115—

Reference works 5

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lindau mean, and where does it come from?
From Lindau on Constance lake in Bavaria, and in Hol- stein. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
In which country does Lindau have the most bearers?
Lindau is most frequently recorded in Germany.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lindau”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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