Lehman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The distinguished surname Lehman is a proud symbol of a Jewish culture, which is found in many places world-wide. In the Middle Ages, it became necessary to adopt surnames, since people were moving closer together, and it was becoming difficult to distinguish between people with the same names. The surname Lehman is an occupational surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. This surname was given to a banker, pawnbroker, or usurer. It derives from the German word lehenen, which means to lend.

Lehman Ranking

In the United States, the name Lehman is the 1,186^th most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 1

Lehman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lehman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Philip Theodore Lehman, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1682 2

Lehman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Clemens Lehman who went to New York with his wife Anna Gertraud Wolf Lehman, in 1713
Hans Lehman who settled in Philadelphia, in 1721 with his wife Anna Hege Lehman and their three children
Hans Jerig Lehman, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1727 aboard the ship "Friendship of Bristol" 2
Johanis Lehman, aged 1, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731 2
Kathrina Lehman, aged 3, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731 2
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Lehman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Nicholas Lehman, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1806 2
Daniel Lehman, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1806 2
Christ Lehman, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1806 2
Catherine Lehman went to New York, NY in 1824
Charles Lehman, aged 21, who landed in New York, NY in 1832 2
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Lehman migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Lehman Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

George Lehman, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Queen of Beauty" in 1863

Contemporary Notables of the name Lehman (post 1700) +

Henry Lehman (1822-1855), German-American businessman and the founder of Lehman Brothers financial services
Harry Jac Lehman (1935-2022), American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1971-1980)
Emery Chance Lehman (b. 1996), American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 Winter Olympics, bronze medalist at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Major-General Raymond Godfrey Lehman (1895-1964), American Commanding General 93rd Division, Pacific (1943-1945) 3
Trenton Lawson "Trent" Lehman (1961-1982), American child actor
Jeffery Sean Lehman (b. 1956), American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator
Lillian Lehman (b. 1947), American actress
Kenneth Karl Lehman (1928-2010), relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
Philip Lehman (1861-1947), Jewish-American investment banker, co-founder of investment bank, Lehman Brothers
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman (b. 1948), former member of the United States House of Representatives
... (Another 54 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, April 2) Raymond Lehman. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Lehman/Raymond_Godfrey/USA.html