Explore the Family Name Lemberger

The meaning of Lemberger

German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lemberg. Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Reiner.

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How common is the last name Lemberger in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Lemberger has seen an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The ranking of the surname went up by approximately 4.78 percent, moving from rank 35,387 in 2000 to 33,695 in 2010. Likewise, the count of people with the surname rose by 12.29 percent, from 602 individuals in 2000 to 676 in 2010. This shows that more people have adopted or were born into this surname over the decade. The proportion of people named Lemberger per 100,000 people also increased slightly by 4.55 percent, indicating its growing prevalence in the population.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,387	#33,695	4.78%
Count	602	676	12.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.23	4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lemberger

In terms of ethnic identity as gathered from the Decennial U.S. Census data, there's been a noticeable shift within the Lemberger surname holders. In 2000, no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. By 2010, this had not changed. However, there was a decrease in the number of people identifying as two or more races, falling from 2.66 percent in 2000 to zero in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as white saw an increase from 96.18 percent in 2000 to 98.37 percent in 2010. Lastly, the proportion of individuals identifying their ethnicity as Hispanic decreased by about 10.84 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.18%	98.37%	2.28%
Hispanic	0.83%	0.74%	-10.84%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.66%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%