# Lean (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 586 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,899 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 526,870 people |
| Change since 2000 | -18.2% (716 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McLean. * As an English surname, from the adjective lean. * As a Chinese surname, from 林 (lín) (see Lin).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lean 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 16% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lean in the United States.

## People named Lean

- Judith Lean, Australian-American solar and climate scientist, Physics Researcher

## Similar surnames

Lane, Leon, Leone, Lien, Lan, Lian, Lain, Lein, Lehn, Leno, Leoni, Leano.

## 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.