Léng

Locally spelled Leng in US United States, BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Léng is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Leng, Lėńg, Lèng, Lëng

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Léng is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Lao, v. look, aim: gaze intently at. = ou v. aim a gun. VW) /le:ny n. knave, thief, robber, dishonest person. ' 4 z SÉÍ si (a3,

  as a word·Lao-English Dictionary

• In cdo, a cage for keeping animals in, stockade, the bars of a window, clear, translucent, met., discerning, perspicacious

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, stones on walls for casting down on an enemy, difficult, covetous, (ting-léng)

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, pidng-ci-1ong OF the sound of bare feet in walking, the back, behind

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, an important strategical point, the key of a position

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, a cart-rut, to run over, to collide with, (iu-léeng)

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

What does the name Léng mean, and where does it come from?

Main GB Location (1881): Yorks and Durham. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.

Is Léng a male or female name?

Léng is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Léng have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Léng, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leng.

Where is Léng most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Léng is densest in Finland — about 1 in 206 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Léng?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,610 people named Léng in 2010, about 1 in 207 thousand residents.