How common is the surname Learned?

1,681 people in the United States had the surname Learned in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,668 Americans. It ranked 16,926th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Learned?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Learned identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Learned?

Michael Learned, American actress, followed by Learned Hand.

Where is the surname Learned most common?

Wikidata records people named Learned in the United States.

Is the surname Learned getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,681 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Learned

A surname, carried by 1,681 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Learned is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,681 people named Learned in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,668 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,687.

#16,926

rank among US surnames

1,681

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,844)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,917	Dudgeon	1,683	183,450
#16,919	Schroyer	1,682	183,559
#16,926	Bashore	1,681	183,668
#16,933	Morena	1,680	183,777

Who is named Learned

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

93% of people named Learned identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Learneds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Learned
American actress, born 1939
Learned Hand
American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge (1872–1961)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Learned

Larned

Learned has the Soundex code L653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L653.

Questions

How common is the surname Learned?: 1,681 people in the United States had the surname Learned in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,668 Americans. It ranked 16,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Learned?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Learned identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Learned?: Michael Learned, American actress, followed by Learned Hand.
Where is the surname Learned most common?: Wikidata records people named Learned in the United States.
Is the surname Learned getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,681 in 2010, down 0.4%.