How common is the surname Len?

1,021 people in the United States had the surname Len in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Len?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Len identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Len getting more or less common?

More common. 835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, up 22%.

Is Len also a first name?

Yes. Len is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Len

A surname, carried by 1,021 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Len is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,021 people named Len in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 835.

#24,499

rank among US surnames

1,021

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+22.3%

change since 2000 (was #27,235)

Who is named Len

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

56% of people named Len identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Asian and Pacific Islander 33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 3.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Len

Len 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 Len?: 1,021 people in the United States had the surname Len in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Len?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Len identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Len getting more or less common?: More common. 835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, up 22%.
Is Len also a first name?: Yes. Len is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.