The Lenhart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,476 people carried this name — #6,242 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,118 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 60 people named Lenhart 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 43
Buenos Aires Province 17

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 49 people named Lenhart.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Paris 12
Bas-Rhin 10
Seine-Saint-Denis 9
Moselle 5
Lot 2
Charente-Maritime 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Haut-Rhin 1

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

In print

Lenhart in American newspapers,
1911–1928.

Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Lenhart
The Kevin Review 1928-05-24
Newspaper page from Plentywood Herald carrying the name Lenhart
Plentywood Herald 1928-05-25
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Lenhart
The Telegraph-courier 1911-01-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,882 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lenhart in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lenhart. The most, 15, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 15
New South Wales 3
Queensland 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lenhart.

Who carried it

People named Lenhart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jindřich Lenhart
    Jindřich Lenhart 1878–1955 · painter
  • Václav Lenhart d. 1752 · printer
  • Václav Eliáš Lenhart 1744–1806 · writer
  • Josef Johann Lenhart 1787–1861
  • Georg Lenhart 1869–1941 · politician
  • Julius Lenhart 1875–1962 · artistic gymnast

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lenhart,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States496 records

496 records of the Lenhart name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 173
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 141
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record David J. Lenhart

    Born 1921 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at New Cumberland; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Locustwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Amalia Lenhart

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Amsterdam from Amsterdam and Bologne, aged 17; farmer. From Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert L. Lenhart

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1945, died 1997; buried at Belle Vernon Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 496 records for Lenhart in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany55 records

55 records of the Lenhart name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 54
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Lenhart

    From Eydtkuhnen, Stallupönen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 16 July 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Anton Lenhart

    From Weiler, Kreuznach. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 26 April 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Christian Lenhart

    From Mombronn, Saargemünd. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 9 August 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Lenhart in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France24 records

24 records of the Lenhart name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mireille Yvette Regine Lenhart

    Born 1947 in Aubervilliers (Paris); died 1980 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jules Charles Lenhart

    Born 1911 in Aubervilliers (Paris); died 1983 in Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Celestine Lenhart

    Born 1902 in Montbronn (Moselle); died 1974 in Nogent-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Lenhart in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Lenhart name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Margaretha Lenhart

    Died 1847 in Klundert.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hedwig Lenhart

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1895 in Bensheim.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Willem Lenhart

    Buried in 1781 in Grave.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Lenhart in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Lenhart name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Alice Lenhart

    Born 1909 in North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Lenhart in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Lenhart name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sofia Lenhart

    Of Avoca, Victoria; died 1983.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Lenhart name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Lenhart

    Died 1933, aged 70; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Lenhart name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ursula Lenhart

    Married in 1601 in Laufen, canton of Zürich; of Thayngen Sh.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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