Lessiter Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Lessiter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lessiter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1431:389,63727,109
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Wales251:123,7819,267
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Lessiter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lessiter is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lessiter.

How Common Is The Last Name Lessiter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,129,067th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Lessiter occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Lessiter are found; 79 percent are found in Northern Europe and 79 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 389,637. In England it is mostly found in: Devon, where 23 percent are found, Cornwall, where 14 percent are found and Greater London, where 10 percent are found. Beside England this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Wales, where 12 percent are found.

Lessiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lessiter has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Lessiter last name grew 227 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lessiter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lessiter last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the party.

Lessiter earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.08% less than the national average, earning $39,233 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lessiter
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