Lens

loc · Latin script

Meaning: , Filip, francez rominizat, fiul lui Linchou, zis Lenci, Lenf (10...)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lens is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance
  • BEBelgium
  • USUnited States

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
150 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Romanian

, Filip, francez rominizat, fiul lui Linchou, zis Lenci, Lenf (10...) 2. Lenj, Filip s.a. (I Div).

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lens counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Lens is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—49Lens150
US United States—261Lens18
BE Belgium—1.4KLens41
NL Netherlands—1K—14
BR Brazil—823——
ES Spain—505—7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lên'S

48 further groups 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lens is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Danish, genitive singular indefinite of len

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Turkish, contact lens

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Dutch, optical lens

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In izh, glow, gleam

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Bernard Lens III, b. 1682Anton Lens, b. 1884Sidney Lens, b. 1912Conny Lens, b. 1951Nicholas Lens, b. 1957Sigi Lens, b. 1963Dennis Lens, b. 1977Jeremain Lens, b. 1987Amelie Lens, b. 1990Rick Lens, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Lens
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081.4K#892
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—1.2K#955
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20071K#1,690
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—823#11,011
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—505#7,929
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—505#7,916
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010261#74,141
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020259#79,345
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000237#75,695
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197163—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196161—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195151—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lens mean?
Recorded meaning: , Filip, francez rominizat, fiul lui Linchou, zis Lenci, Lenf (10...)
In which country does Lens have the most bearers?
Lens is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled lens.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lens”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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