# Leitner (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,266 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (3,493 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leitner 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leitner in Austria and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Leitner

- Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, Anglo-Hungarian orientalist
- Hias Leitner, Austrian alpine skier
- Felix Leitner, Austrian biathlete
- Karl Gottfried von Leitner, Austrian author (1800–1890)
- Hermann Leitner, Austrian film director and film editor (1927–2013)

## Similar surnames

Lightner, Latimer, Ladner, Lattimore, Latimore, Lattimer.

## 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.