# Larned (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/larned/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 598 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,288 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 516,297 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (574 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The surname is a variant of the personal name Leonard. The city in Kansas is named after Fort Larned, which was named after Colonel Benjamin Larned.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Larned in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Larned in the United States.

## People named Larned

- William Larned, American tennis player (1872–1926)

## Similar surnames

Laurent, Learned, Lorentz, Lorentzen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.