How common is the surname Lehner?

3,133 people in the United States had the surname Lehner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,546 Americans. It ranked 10,287th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lehner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lehner?

Mark Lehner, American archaeologist, followed by Valie Export.

Where is the surname Lehner most common?

Wikidata records people named Lehner in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Lehner getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,133 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Lehner

A surname, carried by 3,133 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lehner is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,133 people named Lehner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,546 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,177.

#10,287

rank among US surnames

3,133

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,398)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452
#10,284	Takacs	3,135	98,483
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609

Who is named Lehner

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

95% of people named Lehner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lehners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Lehner
American archaeologist, born 1950
Valie Export
Austrian media artist (1940–2026)

Notable Lehners come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lehner

Lehner has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

Questions

How common is the surname Lehner?: 3,133 people in the United States had the surname Lehner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,546 Americans. It ranked 10,287th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lehner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lehner?: Mark Lehner, American archaeologist, followed by Valie Export.
Where is the surname Lehner most common?: Wikidata records people named Lehner in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Lehner getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,133 in 2010, down 1.4%.