How common is the surname Lesniak?

2,634 people in the United States had the surname Lesniak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,215 Americans. It ranked 11,886th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lesniak?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lesniak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lesniak getting more or less common?

More common. 2,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,634 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Lesniak

A surname, carried by 2,634 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesniak is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

From Polish Leśniak.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,634 people named Lesniak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,215 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,541.

#11,886

rank among US surnames

2,634

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,877	Gove	2,636	117,127
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215
#11,890	Defrancisco	2,633	117,260
#11,894	Addy	2,632	117,305

Who is named Lesniak

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

96% of people named Lesniak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lesniak

Lesniak has the Soundex code L252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L252.

Questions

Where does the surname Lesniak come from?: From Polish Leśniak.
How common is the surname Lesniak?: 2,634 people in the United States had the surname Lesniak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,215 Americans. It ranked 11,886th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lesniak?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lesniak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lesniak getting more or less common?: More common. 2,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,634 in 2010, up 3.7%.