How common is the surname Lechner?

4,149 people in the United States had the surname Lechner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,414 Americans. It ranked 7,972nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lechner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lechner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lechner?

Harald Lechner, Austrian football referee, followed by Kerim Lechner.

Where is the surname Lechner most common?

Wikidata records people named Lechner in Austria and the Kingdom of Italy.

Is the surname Lechner getting more or less common?

More common. 4,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,149 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Lechner

A surname, carried by 4,149 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lechner is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,149 people named Lechner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,414 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,092.

#7,972

rank among US surnames

4,149

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,506)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,966	Terwilliger	4,153	74,343
#7,968	Bednar	4,151	74,379
#7,971	Colella	4,150	74,397
#7,972	Lechner	4,149	74,414
#7,974	Chancellor	4,147	74,450
#7,975	McCutchen	4,146	74,468

Who is named Lechner

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

95% of people named Lechner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lechners

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harald Lechner
Austrian football referee, born 1982
Kerim Lechner
Austrian musician, born 1989
Bombolo
Actor (1931–1987)
Hannah
Austrian singer, born 1981

Notable Lechners come mostly from Austria (3) and the Kingdom of Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lechner

Lechner has the Soundex code L256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L256.

Questions

How common is the surname Lechner?: 4,149 people in the United States had the surname Lechner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,414 Americans. It ranked 7,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lechner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lechner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lechner?: Harald Lechner, Austrian football referee, followed by Kerim Lechner.
Where is the surname Lechner most common?: Wikidata records people named Lechner in Austria and the Kingdom of Italy.
Is the surname Lechner getting more or less common?: More common. 4,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,149 in 2010, up 1.4%.