The Leiner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 716 people carried this name — #32,203 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 6% from 763 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Leiner.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Leiner live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
47 people named Leiner 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).
Who carried it
People named Leiner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Xaver Leiner 1733–1802 · chronicler
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Mordechai Yosef Leiner 1801–1854 · Rebbe
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Mordechai Yosef Leiner 1801–1854 · Rebbe
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Mordechai Yosef Leiner 1802–1854 · Rebbe
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Mordechai Yosef Leiner 1802–1854 · Rebbe
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Franz Xaver Leiner 1804–1846 · pharmacist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leiner.
- Leicht 1,576 · U.S. census
- Leichtnam 188 · U.S. census
- Leick 672 · U.S. census
- Leidinger 135 · U.S. census
- Leindecker 325 · U.S. census
- Leinen 984 · U.S. census
- Leininger 4,765 · U.S. census
- Leis 2,855 · U.S. census
- Leiser 1,588 · U.S. census
- Leitao 598 · U.S. census
- Leite 3,123 · U.S. census
- Leitner 4,010 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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