# Lederer (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,710 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,589 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 113,928 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (2,685 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lederer 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lederer in the United States, Weimar Republic and Hungary.

## People named Lederer

- Gretchen Lederer, actress
- Howard Lederer, American professional poker player
- Julius Lederer, Austrian entomologist (1821-1870)
- Pepi Lederer, actress, writer (1910-1935)
- Eppie Lederer, American advice columnist (1918–2002)
- Charles Lederer, American film director and screenwriter (1906–1976)
- Serena Lederer, Austrian Jewish art collector, refugee from Nazis (1867-1943)
- Annie Duke, American poker player (b. 1965)

## 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.