The LENNOX surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	3,391	8875	0.001	13
United States (1880 census)	725	7169	0.001	14
Change since 1880	+2666	-1706	0	-1
Other Countries
Australia	955	1729	0.006	58
United Kingdom	3,088	2020	0.007	67

Top States for LENNOX by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	524	3449	0.003	28
Michigan	320	3479	0.003	32
Florida	283	6469	0.002	18
California	244	9981	0.001	7
Pennsylvania	226	6338	0.002	18
Top States for LENNOX by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Michigan	320	3479	0.003	32
New Hampshire	36	4393	0.003	29
New York	524	3449	0.003	28
Delaware	21	6207	0.003	27
Massachusetts	159	4949	0.003	25

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LENNOX live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LENNOX represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LENNOX in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LENNOX by picking someone at random in Michigan than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LENNOX

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LENNOX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LENNOX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LENNOX in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	268	7.9
White (Hispanic)	53	1.56
Mixed Race	34	1
Asian/Pacific	17	0.5
Native American/Alaskan	13	0.38
White (Caucasian)	3,006	88.65

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LENNOX surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LENNOX in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic. Local) From the County of Lennox, Scotland. The original name was Leven-ach, the field on the Leven, from the river Leven, which flows through the county, called in Latin Levinia. The river was so called from Llyfn, in the Welsh, which signifies a smooth, placid stream. Leven-achs, for a while spelt and written Levenax, and finally Lennox. Arkil, a Saxon, a baron of Northumbria, who took refuge from the vengeance of the Norman William under the protection of Malcom Canmore, appears to have been the founder of the Lennox family.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

LENNOX. The ancient county of Dinnbarton, Scotland, once mucli more extensive than now. The original name of the district was Leven-ach, ' the field of the Leven,' and designated not the basin only of that river, hut also of Loch-Lomond, once called Loch-Leven. Levenachs came to he the name applied to the extensive possessions of the powerful Earls of the soil, and hence Levenax and Lennox. Imp. Gaz. of Scotland.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to LENNOX

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LENNOX.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.