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

The last name Lesty occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

Lesty is the 2,555,468^th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Lesty live; 39 percent live in Western Europe and 35 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Lesty is also the 278,400^th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 856 people.

The last name Lesty is most frequent in France, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 3,321,136. In France Lesty is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 35 percent live, Occitanie, where 35 percent live and Île-de-France, where 20 percent live. Excluding France it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Chile, where 11 percent live.

Lesty Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Lesty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lesty surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lesty Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lesty surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.