The surname Leist
A surname, carried by 2,382 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L230
Origin
From the German surname, from the noun Leisten (“last”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,382 people named Leist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,124.
Who is named Leist
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Leist identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Leist has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.
Questions
- Where does the surname Leist come from?
- From the German surname, from the noun Leisten (“last”).
- How common is the surname Leist?
- 2,382 people in the United States had the surname Leist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. It ranked 12,904th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Leist?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Leist getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,382 in 2010, up 12%.