Lehmus
# Lehmus

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:

* 1. Pirkanmaa (1:3,718)
* 2. Southwest Finland (1:5,937)
* 3. Tavastia Proper (1:6,190)
* 4. Uusimaa (1:7,768)
* 5. Satakunta (1:8,894)
* 6. 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
