# Linden (surname)

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

An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,276 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,534 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 49,195 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (5,935 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen. * As an English surname, variant of Lindon. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Linden 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Linden in the United States, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

## People named Linden

- Hal Linden, American actor
- Eric Linden, American actor (1909-1994)
- Jean Jules Linden, Belgian botanist (1817-1898)
- Desiree Linden, American marathon runner
- Andy Linden, British actor
- Marta Linden, actor; A Yank at Eton (1903-1990)
- David Linden, American neuroscientist
- Lucien Linden, Belgian botanist (1853-1940)

## Similar surnames

Linton, Lundeen, Landen, Lindon, Lindner, Lindeman, Lindemann, Lintner, Lindamood, Lindenmuth, Lindenberg, London.

## 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.