The Lerner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,672 people carried this name — #4,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,580 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 581 people named Lerner 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 128 people named Lerner.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Lerner live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Lerner 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
84 people named Lerner 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
Lerner in American newspapers,
1917–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,874 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lerner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ḥayyim Ẓevi Lerner 1815–1889 · pedagogue -
Leila Lerner d. 2019 · psychoanalyst
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Johanna Sophie Lerner d. 1782
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Jonas Leerar 1670–1719 · deacon
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József Lerner 1761–1836 · theologian
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Berl Lerner 1863–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lerner.
- Leray 305 · U.S. census
- Lerch 3,674 · U.S. census
- Lerche 304 · U.S. census
- Lere 105 · U.S. census
- Lerebours 166 · U.S. census
- Leriche 406 · U.S. census
- Lerouge 188 · U.S. census
- Leroux 3,115 · U.S. census
- Leroy 7,759 · U.S. census
- Lesage 1,847 · U.S. census
- Lesch 1,296 · U.S. census
- Lescher 251 · U.S. census
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