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    The surname Leno

    A surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L500

    Leno: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leno #20,364, 1,305 people Leno: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leno #20,364, 1,305 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leno is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,305 people named Leno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,179.

    #20,364
    rank among US surnames
    1,305
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,817)

    Who is named Leno

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

    71% of people named Leno identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 7.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leno

    Leno has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leno?
    1,305 people in the United States had the surname Leno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leno?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Leno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Leno getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, up 11%.