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The lem Surname

lem Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch and Scandinavian: from a short form of the personal name Lambrecht or Lempert (see Lambert).
  2. English: probably a variant of Lim (see Lui).
  3. Southeast Asian: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The lem name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lem family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lem Families in the US in 1920
Number of lem families
 37-71
 13-36		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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