Lechner is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lechner
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Variant of Lech. One of high birth or exalted rank, a noble.

Surname is form of Lateward. A lathe is a great division or part of a county, as the five lathes of Kent. See Lambarde's Peramb.

of Kent. Bailey defines Lathreeve as an officer who had authority over a lathe; and reeve and ward are nearly synonymous; e.g. wood-reeve, wood-ward.

Lastname is the form of Lechmere. A family of great antiquity, said to have migrated from the Low Countries, and to have received a grant of land called Lechmere's Field in Hanley, county of Worecester, from William the Conqueror Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

How popular is Lechner?

Lechner is common in Germany, Austria, United States, Italy, France, Brazil, Switzerland, Canada, Netherlands, Czechia, Hungary, Argentina, Thailand.

Lechner is ranked 12826 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lechner bearers increased by 1.39 per cent in 2010 US census to 4149 since 2000, the surname slipped by 466 spots and ranked at 7972. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.91 96.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.46 1.54
Others 1.3 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.82 0.44
Black 0.29 0.12
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.29
Lechner is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Austria is ahead in terms of density. Around 43799 people have been found who wears Lechner as their family name. Lechner is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Lechner:
471 Germany19,293
32 Austria14,170
Countries with thousands of Lechner:
7,530 United States5,631
7,949 Italy1,385
Countries with hundreds of Lechner:
14,142 France687
16,547 Brazil491
3,829 Switzerland338
11,850 Canada333
11,758 Netherlands245
8,039 Czechia221
5,819 Hungary178
23,873 Argentina143
105,836 Thailand113
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,304 Australia95
11,357 Israel87
18,290 Slovakia56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
54,689 England48
16,264 Croatia41
70,126 Poland39
25,646 Sweden27
109,033 South Africa19
58,585 Spain19
236 Monaco12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
33,029 New Zealand9
87,318 Belgium9
30,910 Chile8
134,908 Malaysia8
50,495 Mexico7
50,907 Norway7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
2,503 United States Virgin Islands6
43,431 Venezuela6
11,702 China6
41,832 Finland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Gges. Lechner from Bavaria aboard the Duchess D'orleans from Havre. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA on September 27, 1852. Leopold Lechner, aged 20, 15 years old A. Lechner, Farmer Josephe Lechner, Marie Lechner, aged 52, William Lechner, aged 62, Shoemaker Jn.Paul Lechner, Farmer Carl-L. Lechner, 29 years old Jac. Lechner, and 231 other Lechner around 38.96% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and joiner, brewer, butcher, baker, miller, daughter, laborer, smith, weaver, servant, merchant, cigar maker, tailor, carpenter migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg and Menton.

Lechner Namesakes

  • Leonhard Lechner, German composer and music editor
  • Kurt Lechner, German politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Peter Lechner, Austrian luger
  • Robert Lechner, retired track cyclist
  • Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect
  • Erika Lechner, Italian luger

Lechner Namesakes

  • Leonhard Lechner, German composer and music editor
  • Kurt Lechner, German politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Peter Lechner, Austrian luger
  • Robert Lechner, retired track cyclist
  • Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect
  • Erika Lechner, Italian luger

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