Lemcke Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Many Lemcke families will find their roots under Lemke, the form most records use. The family name meaning is “Little Lemmo”, the same as for Lemke.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lemcke, so the heraldry linked to Lemke is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Lemke was also written Lemcke. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Lemken and Lämke.

About 667 people in the United States were recorded as Lemcke in 2010, placing it 34,073 on the national list. Get the complete Lemcke report, with a museum-style coat of arms.