How common is the surname Lean?

586 people in the United States had the surname Lean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 526,870 Americans. It ranked 37,899th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lean?

In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Lean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Lean?

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

Where is the surname Lean most common?

Wikidata records people named Lean in the United States.

Is the surname Lean getting more or less common?

Less common. 716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 586 in 2010, down 18%.

The surname Lean

A surname, carried by 586 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lean is more common than 76.6% of them.

Origin

* 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).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 586 people named Lean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 526,870 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 716.

#37,899

rank among US surnames

586

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-18.2%

change since 2000 (was #30,716)

Who is named Lean

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

66% of people named Lean identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Judith Lean
Australian-American solar and climate scientist, Physics Researcher, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lean

Lean has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Questions

Where does the surname Lean come from?: * 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).
How common is the surname Lean?: 586 people in the United States had the surname Lean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 526,870 Americans. It ranked 37,899th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lean?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Lean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Lean?: Judith Lean, Australian-American solar and climate scientist, Physics Researcher.
Where is the surname Lean most common?: Wikidata records people named Lean in the United States.
Is the surname Lean getting more or less common?: Less common. 716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 586 in 2010, down 18%.