The Lehner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,133 people carried this name — #10,287 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,177 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,993 people named Lehner live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Lehner.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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.
In Poland’s population register
69 people named Lehner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 120 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 40 people named Lehner live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
96 people named Lehner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lehner in American newspapers,
1896–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,562 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lehner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferdinand Josef Lehner 1837–1914 · teacher -
Ferdinand Josef Lehner 1837–1914 · teacher
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Małgorzata H Lehner d. 2021 · researcher
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Haubold Lehner 1559–1628 · mintmaster
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Krištof Lehner 1563–1633 · goldsmith
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Johann Lehner 1623–1674 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lehner.
- Legue 221 · U.S. census
- Lehe 118 · U.S. census
- Lehman 32,180 · U.S. census
- Lehmann 8,799 · U.S. census
- Lehn 1,448 · U.S. census
- Lehnen 658 · U.S. census
- Lehnert 1,241 · U.S. census
- Lehoux 208 · U.S. census
- Lehr 6,537 · U.S. census
- Lehrer 1,743 · U.S. census
- Lehrmann 451 · U.S. census
- Leib 1,845 · U.S. census
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