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

The last name Leister is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 65,043^rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 948,776 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Leister live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. Leister is also the 727,628^th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 159 people.

The last name Leister is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 4,087 people, or 1 in 88,686. In The United States Leister is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 31 percent are found, Maryland, where 14 percent are found and California, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 34 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Leister Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Leister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leister surname grew 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 5 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 170 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leister Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Leister surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Leister surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.54% registered to vote for 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.