How rare is the last name Lian?

8,168 people in the United States have the last name Lian, about 1 in 36,594. It ranks #4,201 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LIAN

#4,201

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,168
About
1 in 36,594
This common or more
56.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,168 people with the last name Lian, 91.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.9% as White and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lian

#4,199 Baeza · 8,170#4,200 Kelso · 8,169#4,202 Gall · 8,167#4,203 Hutchings · 8,161

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lian, most common first.

#259 Lin · 116,776#2,934 Linn · 11,997#5,051 Lien · 6,733#23,772 Lion · 1,100#72,279 Liana · 290#73,107 Liam · 286#107,024 Liano · 177

Also a first name

As a first name, Lian ranks #3,491 of 53,615, with 5,941 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 794 births. See Lian as a first name

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