How common is the surname Lennox?

3,591 people in the United States had the surname Lennox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,978 Americans. It ranked 9,097th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lennox?

Betty Lennox, American basketball player (born 1976), followed by Ari Lennox.

Where is the surname Lennox most common?

Wikidata records people named Lennox in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Lennox getting more or less common?

More common. 3,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,591 in 2010, up 5.9%.

Is Lennox also a first name?

Yes. Lennox 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 Lennox

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 3,591 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L520 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). Lennox is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

From Middle English Levenax, from Scottish Gaelic Leamhnach (“inhabitant of Lennox”) + -s. The Gaelic word derives from Leamhain (“Leven”) + -ach.

Lennox is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,591 people named Lennox in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,978 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,391.

#9,097

rank among US surnames

3,591

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,875)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,090	Nice	3,595	85,882
#9,092	Dart	3,594	85,906
#9,093	Rael	3,592	85,954
#9,097	Sale	3,591	85,978
#9,100	Blow	3,590	86,002
#9,104	Pavon	3,589	86,026

Who is named Lennox

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

86% of people named Lennox identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lennoxs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betty Lennox
American basketball player (born 1976)
Ari Lennox
American singer, born 1991
Panda Bear
American musician, born 1978
Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland
British baroness (1723-1774); eldest of the Lennox sisters
Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster
British duchess (1731-1814); second of the famous Lennox sisters

Notable Lennoxs come mostly from the United States (3), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lennox

Lennox has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lennox come from?: From Middle English Levenax, from Scottish Gaelic Leamhnach (“inhabitant of Lennox”) + -s. The Gaelic word derives from Leamhain (“Leven”) + -ach.
How common is the surname Lennox?: 3,591 people in the United States had the surname Lennox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,978 Americans. It ranked 9,097th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lennox?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lennox identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lennox?: Betty Lennox, American basketball player (born 1976), followed by Ari Lennox.
Where is the surname Lennox most common?: Wikidata records people named Lennox in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Lennox?: Lennox is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lennox getting more or less common?: More common. 3,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,591 in 2010, up 5.9%.
Is Lennox also a first name?: Yes. Lennox 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.