Lester Forename
5,367th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 195,200 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua
Lester Forename Definition:
(Cf. the preceding.) From the surname Lester, i. e. Leicester (the city so named). Ibid.
Lester Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 101,768 | 1:3,562 | 580 |
| Philippines | 99% | 26,586 | 1:3,987 | 688 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13,048 | 1:461 | 70 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 8,722 | 1:1,847 | 337 |
| Malawi | 80% | 5,309 | 1:3,223 | 549 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,251 | 1:678 | 174 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,605 | 1:9,191 | 1,109 |
| South Africa | 97% | 3,181 | 1:17,143 | 2,513 |
| England | 100% | 3,153 | 1:17,635 | 1,166 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,349 | 1:3,754 | 553 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,075 | 1:10,024 | 1,498 |
| Cuba | - | 1,458 | 1:7,892 | 684 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,181 | 1:25,573 | 1,969 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,133 | 1:15,646 | 1,039 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,075 | 1:1,266 | 234 |
| Australia | - | 1,065 | 1:12,824 | 1,079 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 906 | 1:33,609 | 3,020 |
| Mexico | 99% | 906 | 1:137,025 | 2,983 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| New Zealand | - | 752 | 1:6,032 | 783 |
| Peru | 99% | 721 | 1:44,094 | 2,389 |
| Colombia | 100% | 692 | 1:69,045 | 2,663 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 681 | 1:7,001 | 769 |
| India | 100% | 603 | 1:2,014,723 | 104,862 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 586 | 1:13,912 | 1,389 |
| Liberia | 100% | 580 | 1:7,607 | 787 |
| Chile | 98% | 529 | 1:33,284 | 1,437 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Zambia | - | 453 | 1:35,000 | 2,494 |
| Panama | 100% | 443 | 1:8,818 | 1,229 |
| Guyana | 100% | 351 | 1:2,175 | 419 |
| Brazil | 100% | 344 | 1:622,780 | 18,984 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 327 | 1:31,900 | 2,533 |
| Zimbabwe | 62% | 320 | 1:48,199 | 4,215 |
| Singapore | 100% | 309 | 1:20,346 | 3,615 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 301 | 1:56,153 | 3,677 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Bahamas | - | 212 | 1:1,884 | 435 |
| El Salvador | - | 204 | 1:31,087 | 1,311 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Barbados | - | 180 | 1:1,610 | 376 |
| China | - | 162 | 1:8,432,443 | 59,504 |
| Tanzania | 52% | 150 | 1:351,922 | 11,471 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 133 | 1:1,337 | 233 |
| Kenya | 100% | 124 | 1:373,444 | 11,828 |
| Spain | 100% | 116 | 1:401,120 | 5,722 |
| Wales | 100% | 115 | 1:26,907 | 1,287 |
| Belize | 100% | 109 | 1:3,251 | 726 |
| Egypt | 67% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Thailand | 98% | 100 | 1:700,658 | 29,530 |
| Scotland | 99% | 98 | 1:54,596 | 1,658 |
| Hong Kong | - | 96 | 1:80,758 | 2,713 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 93 | 1:1,069 | 203 |
| Indonesia | - | 90 | 1:2,866,263 | 133,304 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 86 | 1:6,755 | 754 |
| Grenada | 95% | 79 | 1:1,369 | 281 |
| Germany | 100% | 65 | 1:1,487,352 | 9,814 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Nigeria | 54% | 57 | 1:3,115,164 | 53,665 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 57 | 1:962 | 208 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 52 | 1:2,146 | 405 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 48 | 1:38,399 | 1,139 |
| Israel | 100% | 47 | 1:178,785 | 5,862 |
| Micronesia | - | 44 | 1:2,420 | 335 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Uganda | 87% | 42 | 1:975,165 | 17,131 |
| Ireland | 96% | 40 | 1:116,088 | 2,722 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 40 | 1:2,744 | 522 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 39 | 1:91,033 | 1,824 |
| Belgium | 100% | 38 | 1:302,370 | 6,091 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 35 | 1:234,671 | 5,117 |
| Jersey | - | 33 | 1:3,030 | 450 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,078 | 245 |
| Argentina | 74% | 24 | 1:1,782,218 | 7,077 |
| Russia | 100% | 22 | 1:6,556,077 | 28,980 |
| Sweden | 100% | 22 | 1:448,087 | 11,903 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:2,696 | 404 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| France | 100% | 18 | 1:3,692,797 | 17,000 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Haiti | - | 14 | 1:766,211 | 13,336 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Italy | 100% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Afghanistan | - | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Finland | 75% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Belarus | - | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
The alternate forms: Léster (21) & Lèster (1) are calculated separately.
Lester (80,638) may also be a surname.
Lester Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Cf. the preceding.) From the surname Lester, i. e. Leicester (the city so named). Ibid.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Anglo-Saxon name, meaning: Shining.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Lester Forename Popularity
Lester Demographics
Average Male Lester Height
175.81 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,584 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Lester Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lester in the Russian language | ||
| Лестер | lester | - |
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