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Lehmann Family History

Lehmann Name Meaning
German: status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, Middle High German leheman, lenman (from lehen ‘to hold land as a feudal tenant’ + man ‘man’). The tenant held land on loan for the duration of his life in return for rent or service, but was not free to transfer or divide it.Jewish (western Ashkenazic): from an identical Jewish personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Leo 3.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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Name Distribution of Lehmann Families

  • Number of Lehmann families
     84 - 166
     29 - 83
     1 - 28
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Lehmann families
     34 - 66
     12 - 33
     1 - 11
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Lehmann families
     3 - 4
     2 - 2
     1
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Lehmann Family Origin

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Lehmann Immigration Information

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Lehmann Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

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