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The surname Lesperance

A surname, carried by 2,868 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L216

Lesperance: #11,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lesperance #11,076, 2,868 people Lesperance: #11,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lesperance #11,076, 2,868 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesperance is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,868 people named Lesperance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,652 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,714.

#11,076
rank among US surnames
2,868
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+5.7%
change since 2000 (was #10,790)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,069Eanes2,870107,577
#11,073Kappel2,869107,614
#11,076Kiely2,868107,652
#11,078Thielen2,867107,689
#11,079Leber2,865107,765
#11,081Emmanuel2,864107,802

Who is named Lesperance

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

78% of people named Lesperance identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 78%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Lesperance?
2,868 people in the United States had the surname Lesperance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,652 Americans. It ranked 11,076th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lesperance?
In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lesperance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lesperance getting more or less common?
More common. 2,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,868 in 2010, up 5.7%.