Lentz Surname

17,818th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,019 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Lentz Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of little Lanzo, a pet form of Lando (land).

Lentz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,7161:17,4972,215
Germany3,2201:25,0023,320
France1,4911:44,5495,654
Brazil1,1851:180,6536,972
Luxembourg8281:70155
Canada6901:53,3996,381
Denmark6801:8,301755
Belgium5941:19,3552,982
Netherlands4571:36,9526,226
South Africa4201:128,99515,120
Israel1351:63,3907,977
England801:696,47639,547
Argentina701:610,62043,172
Austria651:131,00717,994
Poland601:633,47956,390
Australia551:490,83137,357
Sweden391:252,48117,476
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Norway231:223,57824,793
Finland211:261,74820,300
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
China81:170,915,1968,932
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Guam11:160,1214,893
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2071:15,6591,999

Lentz (183) may also be a first name.

Lentz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of little Lanzo, a pet form of Lando (land).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lentz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lentz Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lentz (Arabic: لنتز) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lentz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 17,818th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 234,938 people. The last name Lentz is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Lentz reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 673,127th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 183 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 20,716 people, or 1 in 17,497. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States it exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.

Lentz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lentz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lentz last name grew 646 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 348 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lentz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lentz surname are 18.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.84% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lentz earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 25.45% less than the national average, earning 258,017 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 20.7% more than the national average, earning R 286,836 per year; in United States they earn 3.07% more than the national average, earning $44,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.98% more than the national average, earning $50,665 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lentze91378/
Lientz91237/
Laentz911/
Loentz911/
Lentzz911/
Llentz910/
Lenz8981,868/
Lntz892/
Lintz804,020/
Lents802,272/
Lencz80319/
Luenz8050/
Lüntz8033/
Löntz8014/
Laenz809/
Lienz809/
Lyntz806/
Lentc803/
Lendz802/
Loenz801/
Lennz800/
Lemtz800/
Lentzsch77454/
Lnz754/
Glintz7398/
Lentch7328/
Lintze7310/
Lentse738/
Hlintz731/
Lintsz730/
Lients730/
Lindtz730/
Linz676,628/
Lentsch671,940/
Lenc671,466/
Lünz6763/
Lenzsch6746/
Lenč6737/
Lönz6733/
Lentcsh677/
Lentchs675/
Lentshe674/
Länz673/
Lhnz671/
Lenţ671/
Lentche671/
Hlnz671/

Lentz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lentz in the Arabic language
لنتزlntz-

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Lentz Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lentz
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