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

The Lenoir surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,534 people carried this name — #9,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,247 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 7,541 people named Lenoir.

133 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 133
Paris 816
Pas-de-Calais 565
Nord 490
Manche 449
Seine-Maritime 369
Sarthe 332
Yvelines 260
Aisne 248

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,469 people named Lenoir 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 566
Namur 215
Liège 165
West Flanders 154
Luxembourg Province 123
Brussels-Capital 99
Walloon Brabant 63
East Flanders 62

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

247 people named Lenoir live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 167
Geneva 32
Bern 16
Valais 15
Fribourg 9
Zurich 8

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 63 people named Lenoir 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

Buenos Aires Province 50
Córdoba 13

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

In print

Lenoir in American newspapers,
1907.

Newspaper page from Le Progrès carrying the name Lenoir
Le Progrès 1907-07-12
Newspaper page from The Ward County Independent carrying the name Lenoir
The Ward County Independent 1907-10-17
Newspaper page from Le Progrès carrying the name Lenoir
Le Progrès 1907-09-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 60,410 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lenoir,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Charles Pierre Lenoir
    Jean Charles Pierre Lenoir 1732–1807 · librarian
  • Samson-Nicolas Lenoir
    Samson-Nicolas Lenoir 1733–1810 · architect
  • Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche
    Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche 1749–1825 · lawyer
  • Jean-Claude Lenoir d. 2024 · activist
  • François Lenoir 1642–1717 · military officer
  • Pierre-Christophe Lenoir 1683–1743 · colonial administrator

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

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