The Lennon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,720 people carried this name — #3,343 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,265 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lennon surname
A surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one of the Beatles.
From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lennon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 103 births for the Lennon name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 4,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 93 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin and Armagh.”
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 280 people named Lennon.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 95 people named Lennon 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
23 people named Lennon 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
Lennon in American newspapers,
1901–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,414 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lennon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bill Lennon 1845–1910 · baseball player -
William Lennon 1849–1938 · politician -
John Brown Lennon 1849–1923 · trade unionist -
Bernard T. Lennon 1859– -
James Patrick Lennon 1863– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 132 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lennon.
- Lene 371 · U.S. census
- Lener 182 · U.S. census
- Lenert 218 · U.S. census
- Leng 1,610 · U.S. census
- Lenhard 528 · U.S. census
- Lenhardt 1,858 · U.S. census
- Lenoble 228 · U.S. census
- Lenoir 3,534 · U.S. census
- Lenormand 181 · U.S. census
- Lens 261 · U.S. census
- Lente 336 · U.S. census
- Lentini 2,677 · U.S. census
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