How common is the surname Leininger?

4,765 people in the United States had the surname Leininger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,794 Americans. It ranked 7,021st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leininger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Leininger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leininger?

Madeleine Leininger, American nurse and nursing theorist (1925-2012).

Where is the surname Leininger most common?

Wikidata records people named Leininger in the United States.

Is the surname Leininger getting more or less common?

More common. 4,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,765 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Leininger

A surname, carried by 4,765 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leininger is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,765 people named Leininger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,794 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,107.

#7,021

rank among US surnames

4,765

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+16%

change since 2000 (was #7,476)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,012	Stroh	4,777	64,632
#7,013	Kangas	4,776	64,645
#7,014	Spillman	4,775	64,659
#7,015	Carillo	4,774	64,672
#7,016	Mayle	4,773	64,686
#7,018	Melcher	4,772	64,699
#7,020	Zurita	4,770	64,727

Who is named Leininger

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

96% of people named Leininger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leiningers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Madeleine Leininger
American nurse and nursing theorist (1925-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leininger

Leininger has the Soundex code L552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L552.

Questions

How common is the surname Leininger?: 4,765 people in the United States had the surname Leininger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,794 Americans. It ranked 7,021st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leininger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Leininger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leininger?: Madeleine Leininger, American nurse and nursing theorist (1925-2012).
Where is the surname Leininger most common?: Wikidata records people named Leininger in the United States.
Is the surname Leininger getting more or less common?: More common. 4,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,765 in 2010, up 16%.