# Lesser (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lesser/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,686 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,885 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 83,762 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (3,649 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lesser in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lesser in the United States.

## People named Lesser

- Len Lesser, American actor and comedian (1922-2011)
- Sol Lesser, American film producer (1890–1980)
- Simon Gotch, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Lussier, Leasure, Leisure, Leiser, Lesure, Lesueur, Leger, Lesher, Legere, Leiker, Lucero, Lazaro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.