# Lenk (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 904 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,873 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 341,533 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (932 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lenk 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lenk in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Lenk

- Tom Lenk, American actor
- Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (1915–2007)
- Katrina Lenk, American actress
- Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg, Austro-Hungarian general and scientist

## Similar surnames

Link, Leung, Leong, Leng, Lenz, Lemke, Lennox, Lenox, Lenzi, Lewinski, Long, Lynch.

## 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.