# Lehto (surname)

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

A surname from Finnish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Finnish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,466 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,729 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 210,604 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (1,462 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Finnish Lehto.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lehto 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Similar surnames

Lett, Leto, Leighty, Leet, Lloyd, Lott, Ladd, Loyd, Latta, Leite, Leath, Leedy.

## 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.