Lindeman is a German, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 58.8% of all known bearers of the surname Lindeman were residents of the United States (frequency 1:55,620), 16.5% of the Netherlands (1:9,286), 7.6% of Finland (1:6,521), 3.5% of Australia (1:61,911), 3.0% of Sweden (1:29,570), 2.1% of Russia (1:621,945) and 1.9% of Canada (1:176,067).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,521) in the following regions: Åland (1:1,009) Central Finland (1:2,029) Southwest Finland (1:3,518) Päijänne Tavastia (1:4,148) Pirkanmaa (1:4,156) Kainuu (1:5,120) Ostrobothnia (1:5,607) Kymenlaakso (1:6,104) Tavastia Proper (1:6,190)
In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,286) in the following provinces: Groningen (1:4,317) Drenthe (1:6,121) Utrecht (1:6,514) North Holland (1:6,629) Flevoland (1:6,662) South Holland (1:8,411)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:29,570) in the following counties:Lindeman surname distribution Västmanland County (1:7,860) Örebro County (1:10,186) Södermanland County (1:10,341) Norrbotten County (1:20,901) Östergötland County (1:23,031) Västernorrland County (1:24,396) Värmland County (1:25,221) Stockholm County (1:28,045) Uppsala County (1:29,147)
People Bert-Jan Lindeman (b. 1989), Dutch road bicycle racer Eduard C. Lindeman (1885–1953), American educator Fredrik Otto Lindeman (b. 1936), Norwegian linguist, Lindeman's law Henry Lindeman (1902–1961), American woodwind player, Lindeman-Sobel approach Jan Christiaan Lindeman (1921–2007), Dutch botanist Jim Lindeman (b. 1962), American baseball player Kurt Lindeman (b. 1932), Finnish fencer Lars Lindeman (1920–2006), Finnish politician Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887), Norwegian composer and organist Ole Andreas Lindeman (1769–1857), Norwegian organist and music teacher Osmo Lindeman (1929–1987), Finnish composer and pedagogue Peter Brynie Lindeman (1858–1930), Norwegian organist, composer, and cellist Raymond Lindeman (1915–1942), American ecologist Tamara Lindeman (b. 1984), Canadian actress and musician Trygve Lindeman (1896–1979), Norwegian cellist and conservatory director William Lindeman (1794–1875), German piano manufacturer
Places The Lindeman Islands, part of the Whitsunday Islands. These include Lindeman Island, and form Lindeman Islands National Park Lindeman, a Klondike Gold Rush era settlement along Lindeman Lake (Chilkoot Trail) in British Columbia, Canada Lindeman Fjord, Greenland
Other Lindeman (characters), created by Hasse Alfredson Lindemans Brewery, maker of Lambic beer
See also Lindeman Lake (disambiguation) Lindemann Lindemans
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