Lindemann
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Wohnstättenname auf -mann zu Linde 'Lindenbaum/-bestand'; überregional verbreitet
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 19 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Lindemann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- DKDenmark1 in 22K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 35K
- NONorway1 in 37K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 66 (measured from records)
- 1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
4,438 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Wohnstättenname auf -mann zu Linde 'Lindenbaum/-bestand'; überregional verbreitet. Bearer count: 6960.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Lindemann is found
(measured from records)Lindemann 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 4,438 | 1 in 75K | 4.4K | Lindemann | 66 |
| BR Brazil | 1,005 | 1 in 211K | 1K | Lindemann | 58 |
| DK Denmark | 269 | 1 in 22K | 269 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 242 | 1 in 35K | 242 | Lindemann | 8 |
| NO Norway | 146 | 1 in 37K | 146 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | 101 | 1 in 101K | 101 | — | 2 |
4,438 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Lindemann is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Bildung zu Herkunfts-/Wohnstättennamen mit -mann; zu Linde 'Lindenbaum' oder Ortsname; 6960 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Wohnstättenname zu ahd. linta/ mhd. linde 'Linde'; belegt die Assimilation nd > nn. 7448 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Zu ‘Linde’; Bildung mit -mann, teils mit Assimilation und Kürzung. 8 Typen/9,261 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Deutsch, wohl Wohnstättenname zu Linde/Lindenbaum; Beleg der dentalen Konsonantenvariation in der Form Lind- ~ Linn-. 7448 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Zu Lind-/Linde; Ableitung mit -mann/-mann. Beleghäufigkeit: 28. Morphologie: Suffix -mann, mit nn-Assimilation (Lind- > Linn-).
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)- Ferdinand von Lindemannb. 1852DEGerman mathematician (1852–1939)
- Ernst Lindemannb. 1894DEGerman naval officer
- Till Lindemannb. 1963DEGerman singer (born 1963)
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)33 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lindemann mean?
- Recorded meaning: Wohnstättenname auf -mann zu Linde 'Lindenbaum/-bestand'; überregional verbreitet.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Lindemann?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 4.4 thousand people named Lindemann, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lindemann. After it come Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland and Norway; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Where is Lindemann most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lindemann is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 22 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Lindemann?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,438 people named Lindemann in 2010, about 1 in 75 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lindemannThe 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, “Lindemann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.