Lindeman

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:

• 1. Åland (1:1,009)
• 2. Central Finland (1:2,029)
• 3. Southwest Finland (1:3,518)
• 4. Päijänne Tavastia (1:4,148)
• 5. Pirkanmaa (1:4,156)
• 6. Kainuu (1:5,120)
• 7. Ostrobothnia (1:5,607)
• 8. Kymenlaakso (1:6,104)
• 9. 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:

• 1. Groningen (1:4,317)
• 2. Drenthe (1:6,121)
• 3. Utrecht (1:6,514)
• 4. North Holland (1:6,629)
• 5. Flevoland (1:6,662)
• 6. South Holland (1:8,411)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:29,570) in the following counties:

• 1. Västmanland County (1:7,860)
• 2. Örebro County (1:10,186)
• 3. Södermanland County (1:10,341)
• 4. Norrbotten County (1:20,901)
• 5. Östergötland County (1:23,031)
• 6. Västernorrland County (1:24,396)
• 7. Värmland County (1:25,221)
• 8. Stockholm County (1:28,045)
• 9. 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