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    The surname Lesher

    A surname, carried by 4,070 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Lesher: #8,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lesher #8,144, 4,070 people Lesher: #8,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lesher #8,144, 4,070 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesher is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,070 people named Lesher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,859 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,948.

    #8,144
    rank among US surnames
    4,070
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,760)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,138Krupa4,07375,803
    #8,139Weekley4,07275,822
    #8,141Stroman4,07175,840
    #8,144Heiman4,07075,859
    #8,148Grosso4,06975,877

    Who is named Lesher

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

    95% of people named Lesher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lesher

    Lesher 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 Lesher?
    4,070 people in the United States had the surname Lesher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,859 Americans. It ranked 8,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lesher?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lesher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lesher getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,070 in 2010, up 3.1%.