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    The surname Lenton

    An English place surname, carried by 579 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈlɛn.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex L535

    Lenton: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lenton #38,265, 579 people Lenton: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lenton #38,265, 579 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lenton is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    The placename in Nottingham comes from the River Leen + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 579 people named Lenton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. That is down 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 611.

    #38,265
    rank among US surnames
    579
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #34,949)

    Who is named Lenton

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

    52% of people named Lenton identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 52%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lentons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Libby Trickett
      Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, world record-holder, born 1985

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lenton

    Lenton has the Soundex code L535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L535.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lenton come from?
    The placename in Nottingham comes from the River Leen + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Lenton?
    579 people in the United States had the surname Lenton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. It ranked 38,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lenton?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Lenton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lenton?
    Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, world record-holder.
    Where is the surname Lenton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lenton in Australia.
    How do you pronounce Lenton?
    Lenton is /ˈlɛn.tən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Lenton?
    Lenton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lenton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 579 in 2010, down 5.2%.