How common is the surname Lein?

1,701 people in the United States had the surname Lein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lein?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lein getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Lein

A surname, carried by 1,701 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lein is more common than 89.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,701 people named Lein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,744.

#16,789

rank among US surnames

1,701

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,428)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402
#16,789	Piggott	1,701	181,508
#16,798	Kuss	1,700	181,615

Who is named Lein

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

92% of people named Lein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lein

Lein has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Questions

How common is the surname Lein?: 1,701 people in the United States had the surname Lein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lein?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lein getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, down 2.5%.