Lerner Surname

21,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,803 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Lerner Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Lern (to learn), in Germany.

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Lerner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,3611:27,1283,395
Israel3,4121:2,508315
Germany1,6701:48,2076,309
Brazil1,4671:145,9275,584
Canada8221:44,8245,519
Argentina7761:55,0824,641
Russia6211:232,08224,903
England3971:140,34813,648
Ukraine3661:124,37917,596
France3321:200,06831,101
Austria2801:30,4124,904
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Hungary1601:61,3526,374
Sweden811:121,5658,649
Australia751:359,94330,133
Croatia651:65,05511,867
Spain521:899,07835,195
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Peru461:690,95916,320
Mexico401:3,103,15523,265
Venezuela391:774,46412,743
Moldova371:96,25311,707
Estonia351:37,7667,217
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Uruguay181:190,65315,539
Chile181:978,69319,774
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Belarus131:730,85159,297
Paraguay121:603,0627,396
Norway121:428,52437,411
Panama91:434,6958,518
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Wales51:618,90625,852
China51:273,464,31313,838
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1331:377,58428,378

Lerner (158) may also be a first name.

Lerner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Lern (to learn), in Germany.

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

(from an ancestor's occupation) Lerner means “student” in Yiddish or German. In eastern Europe a young husband devoted all of his days to study Torah, while his wife or other members of the family took care of making a living.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

A German-Yiddish surname meaning either 'student' or 'scholar'.

- raychik

Lerner Last Name Facts

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

Lerner (Russian: Лернер) is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lerner is the 21,917th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 293,817 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Lerner are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lerner is also the 730,165th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 158 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 13,361 people, or 1 in 27,128. In The United States Lerner is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 24 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 84 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Lerner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lerner has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 10,046 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 4,411 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lerner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (76%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Lerner surname are 42.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.9% registered with the political party.

The amount Lerner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning 352,780 kr per year; in Peru they earn 895.2% more than the national average, earning S/. 192,920 per year; in South Africa they earn 91.09% less than the national average, earning R 21,168 per year; in United States they earn 27.16% more than the national average, earning $54,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.23% more than the national average, earning $62,717 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Learner92659/
Lehrner92526/
Lergner9239/
Leirner9232/
Lierner928/
Loerner925/
Lernier923/
Lernert922/
Lernger921/
Leurner921/
Lerrner921/
Lernher921/
Lejrner921/
Lernere921/
Lernner921/
Lerneir920/
Lerhner920/
Lernerd920/
Lerne91177/
Learnerd863/
Loerhner861/
Lhoerner861/
D'Lerner861/
Lernnert861/
Lerneard861/
Larner834,297/
Lörner83124/
Lernes8359/
Lernet8342/
Lorner8336/
Lyrner8319/
Lerned839/
Lirner837/
Lernie832/
Learne831/
Lernir831/
Llerne831/
Lerney831/
Lherne831/
Lergne830/
Leurne830/
Lernerová8018/
Learned772,452/
Learney7759/
Leirnes7738/
Lyorner773/
Lhorner773/
Learnes772/
Leernet771/
Learnie771/
Larneer771/
Lerenne771/
Lierney771/
Lernneh770/
Lernned770/
Lornner770/
Lairner770/
Lernett770/
Leirney770/
Larnner770/
Lessrenner751/
Lerna73441/
Lerni7374/
Lerny734/
Lirne731/
Lyrne730/
Leirness7121/
Letrenne7116/
Leirånes7112/
Laharner713/
Leatrned711/
Lernaire711/
Leahrned711/
Learnned710/
Lorrnner710/
Larinner710/
Lierni6721/
Lierna6715/
Llerna6713/
Lornér6710/
Learni677/
Lernäs677/
Lernis676/
Liorne675/
Learna673/
Learny673/
Lirnie672/
Lirnei672/
Lerrna671/
Lernyd671/
Lernna671/
Lirnet671/
Lirney670/
Leirna670/
Larnir670/
Lernay670/

Lerner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lerner in the Russian language
Лернерlerner-

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