How common is the surname Linde?

2,826 people in the United States had the surname Linde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. It ranked 11,189th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Linde?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Linde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Linde?

David Linde, American film producer.

Where is the surname Linde most common?

Wikidata records people named Linde in the United States.

Is the surname Linde getting more or less common?

More common. 2,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,826 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Linde

A German surname, carried by 2,826 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linde is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German, Dutch, Jewish, and North Germanic surname, from Linde (“linden tree, UK:lime tree”). Compare Lindy. * As a Spanish surname, from linde (“boundary”).

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 2,826 people named Linde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,689.

#11,189

rank among US surnames

2,826

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,874)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213
#11,189	Linde	2,826	109,252
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368

Who is named Linde

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

94% of people named Linde identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lindes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Linde
American film producer, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Linda

Surnames that sound like Linde

Linde 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 Linde come from?: * As a German, Dutch, Jewish, and North Germanic surname, from Linde (“linden tree, UK:lime tree”). Compare Lindy. * As a Spanish surname, from linde (“boundary”).
How common is the surname Linde?: 2,826 people in the United States had the surname Linde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. It ranked 11,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Linde?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Linde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Linde?: David Linde, American film producer.
Where is the surname Linde most common?: Wikidata records people named Linde in the United States.
Is the surname Linde getting more or less common?: More common. 2,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,826 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Linde?: Linda.