Lenz Surname

6,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81,868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lenz Surname Definition:

(1) “Spring” in German. (2) Also nickname for Lorenz (Lawrence).

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Lenz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany52,0671:1,546124
United States15,4621:23,4422,945
Brazil4,5931:46,6091,843
Austria3,6041:2,363204
Switzerland1,3471:6,097955
Canada8111:45,4325,598
Australia4591:58,8147,139
Argentina4541:94,1487,940
Bolivia3631:29,2462,019
Poland3421:111,13716,734
France3151:210,86632,777
Belgium1731:66,45510,647
Denmark1541:36,6543,820
England1461:381,63126,761
Netherlands1421:118,92418,728
Mexico1241:1,001,01813,136
Sweden1171:84,1606,209
Thailand1131:625,118105,836
Czechia1121:94,94215,795
South Africa1021:531,15442,340
Paraguay1001:72,3671,860
Spain961:487,00024,732
Suriname961:5,7561,347
Chile721:244,6737,410
Peru601:529,73514,532
New Zealand571:79,44411,532
Venezuela371:816,32613,210
Russia361:4,003,418194,829
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Norway211:244,87126,357
Croatia191:222,55825,345
Israel161:534,85239,210
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Finland61:916,11741,832
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Grenada11:108,5351,793
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3561:37,0344,386

Lenz (677) may also be a first name.

Lenz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) “Spring” in German. (2) Also nickname for Lorenz (Lawrence).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

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

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

User-submitted Reference

It means 'spring' - the season after winter, in an older version of German. Mainly used in the area that borders Austria.

- jose_phine

This surname means 'spring'.

Lencz is a Hungarian variant of the German name Lenz.

- tlencz

Lenz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lenz (Russian: Ленз) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,916th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,016 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Lenz are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Lenz is also the 318,411th most numerous first name globally It is held by 677 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 52,067 people, or 1 in 1,546. In Germany Lenz is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 88 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Lenz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lenz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,140 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 487 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lenz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lenz surname are 18.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.84% registered with the party.

The amount Lenz earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 0.41% less than the national average, earning 344,653 kr per year; in Peru they earn 31.76% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,542 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.11% more than the national average, earning R 354,336 per year; in United States they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $45,638 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $52,751 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lentz8931,019/
Lenze893,171/
Lencz89319/
Luenz8950/
Lenzt8910/
Laenz899/
Lensz899/
Lienz899/
Lendz892/
Loenz891/
Lennz890/
Lnz864/
Lentze80378/
Lientz80237/
Lemnze8034/
Lennze805/
Laensz801/
Lentzz801/
Loentz801/
Hlenze801/
Laentz801/
Lenzhe801/
Llentz800/
Linz756,628/
Lens756,105/
Lenc751,466/
Lünz7563/
Lenč7537/
Lönz7533/
Lenx7514/
Lynz754/
Länz753/
Lemz753/
Lntz752/
Lenţ751/
Lnzt751/
Lhnz751/
Hlnz751/
Lenzsch7346/
Lehenze731/
Lintz674,020/
Lenci673,751/
Lense672,855/
Lents672,272/
Lence671,608/
Lench67955/
Liens67597/
Glinz67506/
Lentzsch67454/
Linze67321/
Leens67259/
Loens67193/
Lenss67190/
Laens67136/
Lincz6797/
Lenje6761/
Lencs6752/
Linsz6738/
Lüntz6733/
Lönze6728/
Lenns6724/
Lenæs6722/
Lensh6720/
Llens6714/
Löntz6714/
Lehns6713/
Lionz677/
Lemze677/
Lyntz676/
Lenczová675/
Lends674/
Lentc673/
Luens673/
Lennx673/
Lenće672/
Lyonz672/
Lynzh671/
Lindz671/
Hlemz671/
Lhnhz671/
Linzh671/
Lnczz671/
Lynnz671/
Lemsz671/
Lemtz670/
Linzz670/
Leuns670/

Lenz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lenz in the Russian language
Лензlenz-

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Lenz Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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