# Lengyel (surname)

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

A surname from Hungarian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,705 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,761 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 181,082 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (1,684 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hungarian lengyel (“Polish”), from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lengyel 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Langley, Longley, Lengel, Langel, Lincoln, Langlois, Lingle, Longwell, Langlais, Lehmkuhl, Lanclos, Linsley.

## 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.