# Linehan (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,610 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,050 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 85,525 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (3,444 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lynam |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laidhghneáin (“descendant of Laidhghneán”), perhaps a personal name derived from a diminutive form of laidhghein (“snow-birth”), from ladhg (“snow”) + gein (“birth”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Linehan 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) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Linehan in the United States.

## People named Linehan

- Marsha M. Linehan, American psychologist
- Kim Linehan, American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder

## Similar surnames

Lenihan, Lehman, Lehmann, Linan, Lemon, Limon, Lyman, Lennon, Lanham, Layman, Lowman, Lemmon.

## 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.