Lehmus is a Finnish surname, meaning "linden" in Finnish.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 78.1% of all known bearers of the surname Lehmus were residents of Finland (frequency 1:9,746), 6.4% of Estonia (1:28,732), 5.8% of Sweden (1:234,447), 3.7% of Germany (1:2,971,431), 2.2% of Switzerland (1:513,249), 1.8% of the United States (1:27,788,560) and 1.2% of France (1:7,389,729).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,746) in the following regions:Lehmus surname distribution Pirkanmaa (1:3,718) Southwest Finland (1:5,937) Tavastia Proper (1:6,190) Uusimaa (1:7,768) Satakunta (1:8,894) Central Ostrobothnia (1:9,553)
People C. L. Lehmus (1780–1863), German mathematician Steiner–Lehmus theorem Emilie Lehmus (1841–1932), German physician, nephew of C. L. Lehmus Juho Lehmus (1858–1918), Finnish shoemaker and politician Väinö Lehmus (1886–1936), Finnish stage, film and radio actor
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