# Lenz (surname)

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

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,191 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,226 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,589 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (10,940 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lenz 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lenz in the United States, the Russian Empire and Austria.

## People named Lenz

- Emil Lenz, Baltic German physicist (1804-1865)
- Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress
- Kay Lenz, American actress
- Oskar Lenz, Austrian scientist (1848–1925)
- Maximilian Lenz, Austrian artist (1860-1948)
- Rick Lenz, American actor
- Nicole Lenz, American model and actress
- Wilhelm von Lenz, Baltic German musicologist (1808–1883)
- Irene Lentz, American costume designer (1900-1962)

## Similar surnames

Lanz, Lenzi, Leung, Leong, Lennox, Lenox, Leng, Lenk, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lang.

## 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.