How common is the surname Lenihan?

2,128 people in the United States had the surname Lenihan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. It ranked 14,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lenihan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lenihan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lenihan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,128 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Lenihan

A surname, carried by 2,128 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). Lenihan is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,128 people named Lenihan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,066.

#14,119

rank among US surnames

2,128

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #13,496)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,111	Shankar	2,130	144,951
#14,113	Militello	2,129	145,019
#14,119	Tritt	2,128	145,087
#14,127	Isidro	2,127	145,155

Who is named Lenihan

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

94% of people named Lenihan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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 Lenihan

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lenihan?: 2,128 people in the United States had the surname Lenihan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. It ranked 14,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lenihan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lenihan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lenihan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,128 in 2010, up 3.0%.