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There are approximately 1,452 people named Lean in the UK. That makes it the 5,652nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 23 are named Lean.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From given name or forename

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The Lean surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

MAC LEAN. Originally Llacgillean. From a celebrated Highland warrior, Gillean-in-Tuiodh, or Gillean of the Battleaxe. B.L.G. Gaelic etj-mologists say,il«c-a(jldlle-leathan — "the sou of the Broad Lad !"

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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