Lemes: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

One surname, two spellings: Lemes and Leme. The family name meaning is “From the Flemish Lem family”, the same as for Leme. Lemes adds “s” to Leme, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.

Lemes ranked 66,754 in the 2010 US Census, with 296 people answering to the name. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 46% of the total. Spanish statistics put 1,142 people with Lemes in first position and 1,116 in second.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lemes, so the heraldry linked to Leme is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Lemes family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.