Lena surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lena surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 975 people carried this name — #25,381 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 950 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 757 people named Lena 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 289
Chaco 133
Entre Ríos 131
City of Buenos Aires 79
Córdoba 46
Mendoza 28
Santa Fe 28
Corrientes 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 220 people named Lena.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Morbihan 41
Bouches-du-Rhône 25
Côtes-d’Armor 12
Paris 10
Corsica 10
Nord 7
Rhône 6
Alpes-Maritimes 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

146 people named Lena live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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

Bern 49
Zurich 40
Aargau 17
Ticino 9
Lucerne 5
Basel-Stadt 5
Solothurn 5
Vaud 5

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 20 people named Lena 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 Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 9
Flemish Brabant 6
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Lena,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Battista Lena
    Battista Lena 1960– · composer
  • Adriano Novi Lena 1840–1888 · lawyer
  • Ettore Lena 1870–1950 · musician
  • Rubén Lena 1925–1995 · writer
  • Fausto Lena 1933–2013 · association football player
  • Fausto Lena 1933–2013 · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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