Lenis

See also: lenis

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Lenis (plural Lenises)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lenis is the 38484^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 575 individuals. Lenis is most common among Hispanic/Latino (58.43%), White (22.78%) and Black/African American (15.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lenis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 422.

German

Proper noun

Lenis

1. inflection of Leni:
   1. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural
   2. genitive singular