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Where Does The Last Name Leister Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Leister is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leister? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Leister is the 65,043^rd most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 948,776 people. The surname Leister is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Leister are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Leister is also the 727,628^th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 159 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,087 people, or 1 in 88,686. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 31 percent live, Maryland, where 14 percent live and California, where 5 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 37 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 34 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Leister Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Leister has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 5 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 170 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leister Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Leister last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.54% registered with the party.

The amount Leister earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.67% less than the national average, earning 326,464 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning $42,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.94% less than the national average, earning $43,252 CAD per year.