How common is the surname Laster?

9,202 people in the United States had the surname Laster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Laster getting more or less common?

More common. 8,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Laster

An occupational surname, carried by 9,202 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laster is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Lester. * Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.

Laster is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,202 people named Laster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,525.

#3,847

rank among US surnames

9,202

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,824)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,838	Javier	9,226	33,465
#3,839	Demers	9,225	33,468
#3,840	Biddle	9,219	33,490
#3,841	Brill	9,215	33,505
#3,843	Shay	9,212	33,516
#3,844	Farrington	9,211	33,519
#3,846	Coble	9,204	33,545

Who is named Laster

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

49% of people named Laster identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Black (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laster

Laster has the Soundex code L236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L236.

Questions

Where does the surname Laster come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Lester. * Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.
How common is the surname Laster?: 9,202 people in the United States had the surname Laster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laster?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Laster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Laster?: Laster is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Laster getting more or less common?: More common. 8,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, up 7.9%.