How common is the surname Leitner?

4,010 people in the United States had the surname Leitner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,994 Americans. It ranked 8,266th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leitner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leitner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leitner?

Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, Anglo-Hungarian orientalist, followed by Hias Leitner.

Where is the surname Leitner most common?

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

Is the surname Leitner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,010 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Leitner

A surname, carried by 4,010 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leitner is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,010 people named Leitner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,994 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,493.

#8,266

rank among US surnames

4,010

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,667)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,259	Piercy	4,012	76,956
#8,263	Pellegrini	4,011	76,975
#8,266	Winans	4,010	76,994
#8,271	Duffield	4,009	77,013
#8,272	Stuck	4,008	77,032
#8,274	Hinojos	4,006	77,071

Who is named Leitner

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

95% of people named Leitner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leitners

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
Anglo-Hungarian orientalist, 1840–1899
Hias Leitner
Austrian alpine skier, born 1935
Felix Leitner
Austrian biathlete, born 1996
Karl Gottfried von Leitner
Austrian author (1800–1890)
Hermann Leitner
Austrian film director and film editor (1927–2013)

Notable Leitners come mostly from Austria (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leitner

Lightner

Leitner has the Soundex code L356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L356.

Questions

How common is the surname Leitner?: 4,010 people in the United States had the surname Leitner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,994 Americans. It ranked 8,266th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leitner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leitner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leitner?: Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, Anglo-Hungarian orientalist, followed by Hias Leitner.
Where is the surname Leitner most common?: Wikidata records people named Leitner in Austria and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Leitner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,010 in 2010, up 15%.