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    The surname Leiser

    A surname, carried by 1,588 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Leiser: #17,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leiser #17,673, 1,588 people Leiser: #17,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leiser #17,673, 1,588 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leiser is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,588 people named Leiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,424 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,353.

    #17,673
    rank among US surnames
    1,588
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,748)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,668Moravec1,589194,302
    #17,673Siqueiros1,588194,424
    #17,682Najjar1,587194,547

    Who is named Leiser

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

    95% of people named Leiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leiser

    Leiser has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leiser?
    1,588 people in the United States had the surname Leiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,424 Americans. It ranked 17,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leiser?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Leiser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,588 in 2010, up 17%.