Lindhorst
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from a place or dwelling/landscape feature name; bearer count 19175
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Lindhorst is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- ZASouth Africa
- CACanada
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.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Toponymic surname from a place or dwelling/landscape feature name; bearer count 19175.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Lindhorst is also recorded in 2 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 any of several places so called.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, Toponymischer Familienname zu einem Orts- oder Wohnstättennamen mit Lind- 'Linde' und -horst 'bewachsener Hügel, Gebüsch, Gehölz'.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
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)- Albert Lindhorstb. 1871DEGerman architect (1871-1938)
- Wolfgang Lindhorstb. 1937DEGerman badminton player
- Thisbe K. Lindhorstb. 1962DEGerman chemist and biochemist
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)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lindhorst mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname from a place or dwelling/landscape feature name; bearer count 19175. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- In which country does Lindhorst have the most bearers?
- Lindhorst is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lindhorst”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.