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    The surname Lesnik

    A Slovene surname, carried by 355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L252

    Lesnik: #57,372 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lesnik #57,372, 355 people Lesnik: #57,372 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lesnik #57,372, 355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesnik is more common than 64.6% of them.

    Origin

    Slovene origin

    From a Slavic language, e.g. from Slovene lešnik, Czech Lesník, or Polish leśnik (“forester”). Compare Lessing.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 355 people named Lesnik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 869,706 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 311.

    #57,372
    rank among US surnames
    355
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #60,557)

    Who is named Lesnik

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

    99% of people named Lesnik identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 99%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Lesnick

    Surnames that sound like Lesnik

    Lesnik 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 Lesnik come from?
    From a Slavic language, e.g. from Slovene lešnik, Czech Lesník, or Polish leśnik (“forester”). Compare Lessing.
    How common is the surname Lesnik?
    355 people in the United States had the surname Lesnik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 869,706 Americans. It ranked 57,372nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lesnik?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Lesnik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lesnik getting more or less common?
    More common. 311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 355 in 2010, up 14%.
    What are other spellings of Lesnik?
    Lesnick.