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    The surname Linne

    A German surname, carried by 612 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L500

    Linne: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Linne #36,525, 612 people Linne: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Linne #36,525, 612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linne is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Linne, a variant of Linde (“lime tree”). * Borrowed from Swedish Linné; compare Linnaeus. * Borrowed from French Linné.

    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 612 people named Linne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 723.

    #36,525
    rank among US surnames
    612
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,483)

    Who is named Linne

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

    95% of people named Linne identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Linne

    Linne has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Linne come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Linne, a variant of Linde (“lime tree”). * Borrowed from Swedish Linné; compare Linnaeus. * Borrowed from French Linné.
    How common is the surname Linne?
    612 people in the United States had the surname Linne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. It ranked 36,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Linne?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Linne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Linne getting more or less common?
    Less common. 723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 612 in 2010, down 15%.