How common is the surname Lenahan?

2,647 people in the United States had the surname Lenahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,640 Americans. It ranked 11,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lenahan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lenahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lenahan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,647 in 2010, up 9.9%.

What are other spellings of Lenahan?

Lenaghan, Leneghan and Lenehan.

The surname Lenahan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,647 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lenahan is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leanacháin (“descendant of Leanachán”), probably derived from leann (“cloak”) and not from léanach (“sorrowful”).

Lenahan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,647 people named Lenahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,640 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,409.

#11,821

rank among US surnames

2,647

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,815	Inglis	2,649	116,552
#11,818	Nalls	2,648	116,596
#11,821	Glasper	2,647	116,640
#11,829	Rollo	2,646	116,684

Who is named Lenahan

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

95% of people named Lenahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lenaghan
Leneghan
Lenehan

Surnames that sound like Lenahan

Lenahan has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lenahan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leanacháin (“descendant of Leanachán”), probably derived from leann (“cloak”) and not from léanach (“sorrowful”).
How common is the surname Lenahan?: 2,647 people in the United States had the surname Lenahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,640 Americans. It ranked 11,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lenahan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lenahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Lenahan?: Lenahan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lenahan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,647 in 2010, up 9.9%.
What are other spellings of Lenahan?: Lenaghan, Leneghan and Lenehan.