Lind
Lind is a surname of Swedish origin, and it derived from the German word Linde which relates to the linden tree.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname Lind were residents of the United States (frequency 1:17,107), 26.2% of Sweden (1:644), 8.0% of Germany (1:17,143), 7.7% of Denmark (1:1,255), 3.9% of Norway (1:2,278), 3.1% of Finland (1:3,054), 2.3% of Canada (1:27,037), 2.0% of Australia (1:20,530), 1.5% of Estonia (1:1,539) and 1.4% of Austria (1:10,630).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:644) in the following regions:[1]
- 1. Gävleborg County (1:368)
- 2. Dalarna County (1:421)
- 3. Uppsala County (1:451)
- 4. Norrbotten County (1:454)
- 5. Östergötland County (1:480)
- 6. Värmland County (1:505)
- 7. Västerbotten County (1:511)
- 8. Västernorrland County (1:519)
- 9. Kalmar County (1:542)
- 10. Södermanland County (1:597)
- 11. Jämtland County (1:602)
- 12. Västmanland County (1:627)
- 13. Jönköping County (1:642)
Film, stage and television
- Arvi Lind (born 1940), Finnish television news presenter
- Christina Bennett Lind (fl. 1970–2000s), American actress
- Dagny Lind (1902–1992), Swedish film actress
- Della Lind (1906–1999), Austrian/American actress and operatic soprano
- Emily Alyn Lind (born 2002), American actress
- John Lind (female impersonator) (1877–1940), Swedish female impersonator, singer and dancer
- Letty Lind (1861–1923), English actress, dancer and acrobat
- Sarah Lind (born 1982), Canadian actress
- Traci Lind (born 1968), American film actress
Music
- Bob Lind (born 1942), American folk music singer/songwriter
- Espen Lind (born 1971), Norwegian musician
- Eva Lind (born 1966), Austrian operatic soprano
- Jenny Lind (1820–1887), Swedish opera singer
- Jon Lind (fl. 1970–2000s), American songwriter and performer
- Mark Lind (fl. 2000s), American singer/songwriter
- Olle Lind (fl. 1970–1980s), Swedish musician
- Zach Lind (fl. 1990–2000s), American musician
- Sebastian Lind (born 1988), Danish musician
Politics
- Albert Lind (1878–1964), Australian politician, Country Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Amanda Lind (born 1980), Swedish politician
- Greg Lind (born 1957), American politician, Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate
- Ivar Lykke Falch Lind (1870–?), Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party
- James F. Lind (1900–1975), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Jim Lind (politician) (1913–1980), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- John Lind (politician) (1854–1930), American politician
- Rikke Lind (born 1968), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Science, medicine and technology
- Artur Lind (1927–1989), Estonian molecular biologist
- David A. Lind (1918–2015), American physicist and mountain climber
- Don L. Lind (born 1930), American astronaut
- James Lind (1716–1794), Scottish pioneer of naval hygiene
- Jens Lind (1874–1939), Danish apothecary and botanist
- Samuel C. Lind (1879–1965), American radiation chemist
Sport
- Adam Lind (born 1983), American baseball player
- Andreas Lind (1922–1982), Danish sprint canoer
- Angelita Lind (born 1959), Puerto Rican track and field athlete
- Björn Lind (born 1978), Swedish cross country skier
- Carl Johan Lind (1883–1965), Swedish athlete in 1912 Summer Olympics
- Carl Lind (baseball) (1903–2001), American baseball player
- Caroline Lind (born 1982), American rower
- Folke Lind (1913–?), Swedish football player
- Haakon Lind (1906–1955), Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Harry Lind (1906–1986), Scottish international rugby union player
- Hasse Pavia Lind (born 1979), Danish athlete
- Jack Lind (born 1946), American Major League Baseball player
- Jim Lind (born 1947), American football player and coach
- Joan Lind (1952–2015), American rower
- Johan Lind (born 1942), Norwegian speed skater
- José Lind (born 1964), former Major League Baseball player
- Juha Lind (born 1974), Finnish ice hockey forward
- Mak Lind (born 1988), Swedish–Lebanese football manager and former player
- Lasse Lind (born 1981), Finnish football player
- Mads Lind (born 1980), Danish handball player
- Mikael Lind (born 1972), Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Pasi Lind (born 1961), Finnish judo athlete
- Raimo Lind, Finnish curler
- Sofia Lind (born 1975), Swedish cross-country skier
- Victoria Lind (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer
Writing
- Angus Lind (born 1944), American columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Idar Lind (born 1954), Norwegian author and playwright
- Jakov Lind (1927–2007), Austrian-British writer
- Melva Lind (1903–1997), American professor and author
- Michael Lind (born 1962), American political writer
- William S. Lind (born 1947), American expert on military affairs and pundit on cultural conservatism
Other
- Baron von Lind (born 1937), American artist, born Jerry Lind
- David Lind (1938–1995), American crime figure
- DeDe Lind (born 1947), American glamour model
- Earl Lind (1874–?), American author and advocate for androgynes
- Edmund George Lind (1829–1909), English-born American architect
- Henry Curtis Lind (born 1921), American lawyer
- James Lind (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1823), officer of the Royal Navy
- Johanna Lind (born 1971), Miss Sweden in 1993
- John Lind (barrister) (1737–1781), English barrister, political activist, and pamphleteer
- Lily Lind (1882–1916), New Zealand nurse who died in World War I
- Lizzy Lind af Hageby (1878–1963), Swedish countess, feminist, writer, and anti-vivisection activist
- Martin Lind (born 1944), Swedisch Lutheran bishop
- Norman Lind (1920–1985), British/Norwegian military and government official
- Wallace L. Lind (1887–1940), officer in the United States Navy
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