How common is the surname Lennon?

10,720 people in the United States had the surname Lennon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,801 Americans. It ranked 3,343rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lennon?

Sean Lennon, American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, followed by Thomas Lennon.

Where is the surname Lennon most common?

Wikidata records people named Lennon in the United States and Japan.

How do you pronounce Lennon?

Lennon is /ˈlɛn.ən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lennon getting more or less common?

More common. 10,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,720 in 2010, up 4.4%.

Is Lennon also a first name?

Yes. Lennon 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 Lennon

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 10,720 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɛn.ən/ 2 syllables Soundex L550 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). Lennon is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).

Lennon 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 10,720 people named Lennon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,801 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,265.

#3,343

rank among US surnames

10,720

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,201)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,334	Delagarza	10,759	28,696
#3,335	Plunkett	10,758	28,699
#3,336	McCloskey	10,756	28,704
#3,337	Mendiola	10,752	28,715
#3,338	Medlin	10,750	28,721
#3,339	Millan	10,733	28,766
#3,340	Boehm	10,730	28,774

Who is named Lennon

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

80% of people named Lennon identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lennons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, born 1975
Thomas Lennon
American actor and screenwriter (born 1970)
Brooks Lennon
American soccer player, born 1997
Thomas Lennon
American documentary filmmaker, born 1951
Alton Lennon
American politician (1906-1986)

Notable Lennons come mostly from the United States (4) and Japan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lannan
Lannen
Linnen

Surnames that sound like Lennon

Lennon 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 Lennon come from?: From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).
How common is the surname Lennon?: 10,720 people in the United States had the surname Lennon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,801 Americans. It ranked 3,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lennon?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Lennon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lennon?: Sean Lennon, American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, followed by Thomas Lennon.
Where is the surname Lennon most common?: Wikidata records people named Lennon in the United States and Japan.
How do you pronounce Lennon?: Lennon is /ˈlɛn.ən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Lennon?: Lennon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lennon getting more or less common?: More common. 10,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,720 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Lennon?: Lannan, Lannen and Linnen.
Is Lennon also a first name?: Yes. Lennon 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.