How common is the surname Lesko?

3,537 people in the United States had the surname Lesko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. It ranked 9,212th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lesko?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lesko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lesko getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,537 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Lesko

A surname, carried by 3,537 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesko is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,537 people named Lesko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,677.

#9,212

rank among US surnames

3,537

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,284)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,209	Stutts	3,541	87,192
#9,210	Bankhead	3,540	87,216
#9,211	Lamontagne	3,539	87,241
#9,212	Yaeger	3,537	87,290
#9,217	Eide	3,536	87,315

Who is named Lesko

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

97% of people named Lesko identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lesko

Lesko has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

How common is the surname Lesko?: 3,537 people in the United States had the surname Lesko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. It ranked 9,212th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lesko?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lesko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lesko getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,537 in 2010, down 3.8%.