The Leitner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,010 people carried this name — #8,266 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 15% from 3,493 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Leitner surname
A male surname from German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Leitner» (Slovak), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
343 people named Leitner live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 115 people named Leitner.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 60 people named Leitner 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 Poland’s population register
50 people named Leitner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 106 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 the Nordic population registers
53 people named Leitner 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
Leitner in American newspapers,
1887–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,486 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Leitner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Gottfried von Leitner 1800–1890 · writer -
Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner 1840–1899 · photographer -
Heinrich Leitner 1842–1913 · painter -
Jules-Louis-Auguste Leitner 1862–1940 · actor -
Maria Leitner 1892–1942 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 209 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leitner.
- Leiner 716 · 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
- Leitz 996 · U.S. census
- Leix 146 · U.S. census
- Lejeune 5,544 · U.S. census
- Leleux 681 · U.S. census
- Lelievre 295 · U.S. census
- Lelli 341 · U.S. census
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