Lemma is used as a family name or surname in Ethiopia. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lemma
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ethiopia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lemma

How popular is Lemma?

Lemma is common in Ethiopia.

Lemma is ranked 1452 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lemmas grew by 54.27683 per cent to 992 since 2000 and ranked 25037 after elevating 8434 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 48.69 26.91
White 48.29 68.27
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 1.56
Others 0.91 2.8
Lemma is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ethiopia which signifies that it is originated from Ethiopia. Around 369232 people have been found who wears Lemma as their family name. Lemma is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
103,759 Spain8
5,340 Iceland6
918,840 India5
26,325 Mauritania5
6,989 Uganda3
16,136 Kenya3
67,494 South Africa3
41,879 Turkey2
3,437 Sudan2
139,444 Brazil2
19,046 Ireland2
30,360 Thailand1
34,581 Chile1
12,741 Ecuador1
24,771 Colombia1
28,746 Algeria1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
14,618 Guyana1
20,172 Hungary1
14,373 Jordan1
7,790 Zambia1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
17,488 Norway39
28,564 Switzerland36
55,986 Australia33
8,720 Qatar29
29,040 Denmark15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,742 Tanzania97
104,308 France86
37,909 Canada85
8,414 Finland85
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
Countries with hundreds of Lemma:
13,009 Argentina418
243 Djibouti368
31,047 Germany336
40,243 England102
Countries with thousands of Lemma:
6,466 Italy1,657
28,142 United States1,072
Countries with hundred thousands of Lemma:
32 Ethiopia364,583
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Celestino Lemma worked as laborer and hailed from Napoli, Italy. 25 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg & Havre on Rhaetia and arrived on September 22, 1890. Elio Lemma (Of unknown age) Farmer, Felice Lemma, aged 20, Felice Lemma (30) Farmer, Filomena Lemma, aged 41, 46 years old Giuseppe Lemma, 12 years old Maria Reresa Lemma, Michele Lemma, aged 40, 30 years old Nicola Lemma, and 3 other Lemma around 53.33% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and peasant migrated to US from Naples & Palermo, Marseilles & Naples, Gibraltar & Naples and Havre.

Lemma Namesakes

  • Daniel Lemma, Musician
  • Alessandra Lemma, Author
  • Daniel Lemma, Musician
  • Daniel Lemma, Musician
  • Mengistu Lemma, Playwright
  • Alessandra Lemma, Author
  • Mulatu Lemma, Mathematician
  • Francesco Lemma, Mathematician
  • Abera Lemma, Author
  • Joe Lemma, Toni Adair's husband

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