List Surname

26,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

List Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of List, a pet form of Listhard (clever, strong).

List Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,2111:11,1641,424
United States5,9321:61,1027,164
Austria1,9301:4,412478
England7781:71,6178,196
Denmark7001:8,064735
Australia6321:42,7155,433
Russia6141:234,72825,124
Netherlands5201:32,4755,414
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Canada2451:150,39015,330
France1841:360,99353,985
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
New Zealand1721:26,3274,610
Switzerland1151:71,4178,505
India921:8,337,667172,929
Mexico651:1,909,63418,382
Luxembourg641:9,0711,442
Belarus561:169,66222,625
Argentina501:854,86855,754
Poland441:863,83566,160
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Kazakhstan371:477,90535,586
Indonesia311:4,266,103213,470
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Czechia281:379,76744,481
Slovenia261:95,68011,418
Croatia231:183,85222,841
Belgium171:676,27358,718
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
China141:97,665,8265,141
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4851:50,2586,124
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1441:43,8975,093

List (409) may also be a first name.

List Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of List, a pet form of Listhard (clever, strong).

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

1. From root of the Old German names Lista, Listhar; perhaps from Anglo-Saxon list, art, wisdom, science. 2. Connected with Lister, which is probably from the old word litster, lytster, a dyer. The name of the celebrated musician, Liszt, would seem to be from the Hungarian word liszt, flour, but the reason is not obvious.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

List Last Name Facts

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

The surname List (Russian: Лист) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name List? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 26,243rd most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 355,455 people. The last name List occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of List are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 426,190th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 409 people.

The last name List is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 7,211 people, or 1 in 11,164. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 27 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found and Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in 98 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Austria, where 9 percent are found.

List Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of List has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 519 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 68 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

List Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the List surname are 17.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.59% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount List earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7% more than the national average, earning $46,170 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.4% more than the national average, earning $53,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leist896,260/
Liste892,071/
Liszt89581/
Laist89105/
Liest89102/
Loist8935/
Lijst8930/
Luist8922/
Listh8919/
Lists893/
Lizst893/
Listt892/
Lisht892/
Listì892/
Liust891/
Llist891/
Lisst891/
Lis8691,537/
Lit863,489/
Leiste80400/
Luiset80165/
Lischt80104/
Lhoist8084/
Listte8056/
Leiszt8037/
Lisæth8016/
Laiste808/
Loiset806/
Laisht804/
Loiste804/
Luiste804/
Laisth804/
Leisht802/
Leists802/
Lishte801/
Lishzt801/
Leiset801/
Leistz801/
Leidst800/
Luis75195,165/
Leis7514,460/
Liss7510,385/
Lois7510,100/
Lais756,283/
Lust756,149/
Litt754,869/
Lies753,481/
Lise753,463/
Lite753,268/
Liot752,321/
Lish752,282/
Lait752,164/
Loit751,426/
Lith75734/
Leit75649/
Liet75639/
Lihs75605/
Lios75535/
Luit75479/
Lyst75222/
Lest75139/
Lijs75109/
Lisz7596/
Liht7568/
Lüst7567/
Lisø7545/
Llis7532/
Hlis7524/
Lisd7513/
Lidt7511/
Lizt7511/
Lhis757/
Lisp757/
Lisx754/
Lóis754/
Litp752/
Llit752/
Láis752/
Liås752/
Léis752/
Hlit752/
Lgit751/
Litd751/
Lißt751/
Läst751/
Lisj751/
Lijt751/
Lixt750/
Listova731,014/
Leiseth73272/
Listová7340/
Laheist7325/
L'Hoist734/
Lischtt731/
Luisete731/
Lahaist730/
Li67104,892,114/
Leite67514,653/
Leith679,313/
Licht678,770/
Luise673,420/
Leiss672,225/
Lyust671,812/
Leste671,774/
Lluis671,590/
Leise671,442/
Laith671,363/
Laise671,331/
Lisse671,245/
Liess671,226/
Lisch671,089/
Leest67865/
Laite67782/
Laish67612/
Leijs67560/
Loise67476/
Lieth67375/
Llait67368/
Leisz67339/
Loyst67337/
Luijt67268/
Litte67251/
Lyuis67209/
Lhuisset67161/
Laiss67157/
Lusth67141/
Løite67141/
Laitt67137/
Luijs67134/
Loish67124/
Lestz67123/
Layst67107/
Liehs67103/
Loite6797/
Lithe6792/
Liais6792/
Leihs6785/
Loits6782/
Leish6781/
Liott6778/
Least6775/
Glies6775/
Hlistová6774/
Loith6769/
Luite6767/
Liesz6748/
Leidt6747/
Leitt6746/
Lajst6744/
Luiss6739/
Lhies6737/
Leids6734/
Loisz6734/
Luits6731/
Gliit6730/
Lusht6727/
Gliet6726/
Hleis6725/
Luish6724/
Luest6723/
Lesht6722/
Liedt6719/
Leits6718/
Hlistova6717/
Leyst6716/
Litse6716/
Laijs6716/
Lästh6714/
Liuis6710/
Lihte6710/
Lishe6710/
Liodt678/
Llois678/
Leszt677/
Lehst675/
Luisette675/
Lheis675/
Llish674/
Hlais674/
Llise673/
Liett673/
Loiss673/
Lidth673/
Hlies673/
Luitt673/
Hllis672/
Lesth672/
Lustt672/
Lisce672/
Lishtova672/
Leust672/
Liesh672/
Laits672/
Laisz672/
Litht671/
Lusst671/
Luuis671/
Luiht671/
Luitd671/
Lihse671/
Lizth671/
Llies671/
Lloit671/
Lithp671/
Laais671/
Hlhis671/
Lieht671/
Loisette671/
Loitt671/
Léste671/
Lhais671/
Lishs671/
Lisztova671/
Lisztová671/
Loisd671/
Loijs671/
Llais671/
Lliot671/
Lyais671/
Luisz671/
Leiht671/
Leitp671/
Laait671/
Lijss671/
Liesė671/
Lesst671/
Lhuis671/
Lhust671/
Liait671/
Luisd671/
Lleis671/
Liosh671/
Luizt671/
Ljsts671/
Lizsx671/
Lhlit671/
Lijzt671/
Laitp671/
Laihs671/
Lestt671/
Hlish671/
Liays670/
Loids670/
Luith670/

List Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
List in the Russian language
Листlist-

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List Reference & Research

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to List
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