在概率论与统计学中，对数正态分布是对数为正态分布的任意随机变量的概率分布。如果 X 是正态分布的随机变量，则 exp(X) 为对数正态分布；同样，如果 Y 是对数正态分布，则 ln(Y) 为正态分布。 如果一个变量可以看作是许多很小独立因子的乘积，则这个变量可以看作是对数正态分布。一个典型的例子是股票投资的长期收益率，它可以看作是每天收益率的乘积。 对于 ，对数正态分布的概率密度函数为

In probability theory, a log-normal (or lognormal) distribution is a continuous probability distribution of a random variable whose logarithm is normally distributed. Thus, if the random variable is log-normally distributed, then has a normal distribution. Likewise, if has a normal distribution, then has a log-normal distribution. A random variable which is log-normally distributed takes only positive real values. The distribution is occasionally referred to as the Galton distribution or Galton's distribution, after Francis Galton. The log-normal distribution also has been associated with other names, such as McAlister, Gibrat and Cobb–Douglas.