Find out how popular the last name Leinbach is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Leinbach.

Leinbach, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Leinbach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Leinbach in America

Leinbach is the 19041st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Leinbach surname appeared 1,430 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Leinbach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Leinbach to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Leinbach

The surname LEINBACH originated in the German states of Baden and Rhineland-Palatinate during the late medieval period. It is derived from the Old High German words "lein" meaning "flax" and "bach" meaning "brook" or "stream." The name likely referred to a location near a stream where flax was grown or processed.

The earliest known record of the name LEINBACH dates back to 1382 in the town of Leinbach, near Sinsheim in Baden. The town's name itself is a variant spelling of the surname. In the 15th century, the LEINBACH family held a mill and agricultural lands in the region.

One notable bearer of the LEINBACH name was Johann Georg Leinbach (1646-1721), a German-American pioneer and founder of Leinbach's Land, one of the earliest settlements in what is now Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He immigrated to America in 1684 as part of the Germantown Colony.

Another early American bearer was Jacob Leinbach (1770-1856), a farmer and businessman in Pennsylvania's Berks County. He served as a colonel in the state militia during the War of 1812.

In the 19th century, Johannes Leinbach (1825-1901) was a prominent German architect who designed several notable buildings in Karlsruhe, including the Staatstheater and the Synagogue.

One of the earliest known literary references to the LEINBACH surname appears in the 1845 novel "The Wandering Jew" by Eugène Sue, where a character named Leinbach is mentioned.

Over the centuries, various spelling variations of the name emerged, including Leinpach, Leinpach, Leimbach, and Leinpacher, reflecting regional dialect differences in German-speaking areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Leinbach

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Leinbach.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Leinbach was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Leinbach has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Leinbach was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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