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    The surname Lenz

    A surname, carried by 11,191 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L520

    Lenz: #3,226 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lenz #3,226, 11,191 people Lenz: #3,226 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lenz #3,226, 11,191 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lenz is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,191 people named Lenz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,589 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,940.

    #3,226
    rank among US surnames
    11,191
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,038)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,217Ruvalcaba11,22027,517
    #3,218Newsom11,21827,522
    #3,219Shipp11,21727,525
    #3,220Dao11,21127,540
    #3,222Sage11,20727,549
    #3,223Brockman11,20427,557
    #3,224Nino11,20227,562

    Who is named Lenz

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

    95% of people named Lenz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lenzs

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Emil Lenz
      Baltic German physicist (1804-1865)
    • Bethany Joy Lenz
      American actress, born 1981
    • Kay Lenz
      American actress, born 1953
    • Oskar Lenz
      Austrian scientist (1848–1925)
    • Maximilian Lenz
      Austrian artist (1860-1948)
    • Rick Lenz
      American actor, born 1939
    • Nicole Lenz
      American model and actress, born 1980
    • Wilhelm von Lenz
      Baltic German musicologist (1808–1883)
    • Irene Lentz
      American costume designer (1900-1962)

    Notable Lenzs come mostly from the United States (5), the Russian Empire (2) and Austria (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lenz

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lenz?
    11,191 people in the United States had the surname Lenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,589 Americans. It ranked 3,226th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lenz?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lenz?
    Emil Lenz, Baltic German physicist (1804-1865), followed by Bethany Joy Lenz.
    Where is the surname Lenz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lenz in the United States, the Russian Empire and Austria.
    Is the surname Lenz getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,191 in 2010, up 2.3%.