Lesniewski Surname

199,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lesniewski Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Lesniew(o) (forest), the name of places in Poland and Ukraine.

Lesniewski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4121:256,69924,291
France1771:375,27055,761
Poland1131:336,36138,482
Brazil841:2,548,50477,255
England841:663,31038,317
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
Canada641:575,71247,839
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Norway181:285,68329,080
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Wales71:442,07621,198
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Leśniewski (55) are calculated separately.

Lesniewski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Lesniew(o) (forest), the name of places in Poland and Ukraine.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lesniewski Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lesniewski Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lesniewski occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Leśniewski. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesniewski? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lesniewski is the 199,116th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,473,568 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Lesniewski reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Lesniewski is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,412 people, or 1 in 256,699. In The United States Lesniewski is most numerous in: Maryland, where 15 percent are found, Illinois, where 13 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent are found and Poland, where 5 percent are found.

Lesniewski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lesniewski last name are 2.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.19% being registered with the party.

The amount Lesniewski earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 38.14% less than the national average, earning 214,097 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.32% more than the national average, earning $46,307 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $51,815 CAD per year.

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