Explore the Family Name Letner

The meaning of Letner

German: variant of Lettner.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Letner in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Letner has seen a significant decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 27,821 in terms of popularity and had 813 individuals carrying it. However, by 2010, its rank had dropped to 46,811 and the count of individuals with this surname had declined to 454. This represents a 68.26 percent drop in rank and a 44.16 percent reduction in count. Additionally, the proportion of people with the Letner surname per 100k decreased by 50 percent from 0.3 in 2000 to 0.15 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,821	#46,811	-68.26%
Count	813	454	-44.16%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.15	-50%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Letner

The ethnicity information from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the overwhelming majority of individuals bearing the Letner surname identify as White. In 2000, 98.52 percent identified as White, and in 2010, this reduced slightly to 97.58 percent, indicating a minor change of -0.95. For other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, either the data was suppressed or there were no recorded individuals with the Letner surname identifying with these ethnicities in both 2000 and 2010. Similarly, there were no reported occurrences of the Letner surname among those identifying as Hispanic or Black. There was a small percentage (0.74) in 2000 who identified as belonging to two or more races; however, this figure dropped to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.52%	97.58%	-0.95%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.74%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%