How common is the surname Linda?

582 people in the United States had the surname Linda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. It ranked 38,103rd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Linda?

Linda is /ˈlɪndə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Linda getting more or less common?

Less common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 582 in 2010, down 34%.

Is Linda also a first name?

Yes. Linda 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 Linda

A German surname, carried by 582 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪndə/ 2 syllables Soundex L530 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). Linda is more common than 76.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Latinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High German Irmilinda and Old Dutch Frithelind, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“gentle, mild”), whence also Old English līþe (“gentle, mild, pliable, limber”) (English lithe). Later misassociated with unrelated Spanish linda (“beautiful”). The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842). More at lithe. The coordination language is named after Linda Lovelace, a reference to the programming language Ada, itself named after Ada Lovelace.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 582 people named Linda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. That is down 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 883.

#38,103

rank among US surnames

582

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-34.1%

change since 2000 (was #26,078)

Who is named Linda

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

77% of people named Linda identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Lynda

Surnames that sound like Linda

Linda has the Soundex code L530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L530.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Linda come from?: Latinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High German Irmilinda and Old Dutch Frithelind, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“gentle, mild”), whence also Old English līþe…
How common is the surname Linda?: 582 people in the United States had the surname Linda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. It ranked 38,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Linda?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Linda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Linda?: Linda is /ˈlɪndə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Linda getting more or less common?: Less common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 582 in 2010, down 34%.
What are other spellings of Linda?: Lynda.
Is Linda also a first name?: Yes. Linda 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.