The Lehnen surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 567 people carried this name — #37,043 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 81 people named Lehnen live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Lehnen live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Lehnen.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lehnen.
- Legros 1,476 · U.S. census
- Legue 244 · U.S. census
- Lehe 118 · U.S. census
- Lehman 31,296 · U.S. census
- Lehmann 8,527 · U.S. census
- Lehn 1,440 · U.S. census
- Lehner 3,177 · U.S. census
- Lehnert 1,191 · U.S. census
- Lehoux 217 · U.S. census
- Lehr 6,338 · U.S. census
- Lehrer 1,688 · U.S. census
- Lehrmann 405 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lehnen is.
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