How common is the surname Lessman?

1,130 people in the United States had the surname Lessman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. It ranked 22,689th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lessman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lessman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lessman getting more or less common?

More common. 876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,130 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Lessman

A surname, carried by 1,130 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lessman is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,130 people named Lessman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 876.

#22,689

rank among US surnames

1,130

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+29%

change since 2000 (was #26,239)

Who is named Lessman

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

95% of people named Lessman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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 Lessman

Leishman

Lessman has the Soundex code L255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L255.

Questions

How common is the surname Lessman?: 1,130 people in the United States had the surname Lessman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. It ranked 22,689th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lessman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lessman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lessman getting more or less common?: More common. 876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,130 in 2010, up 29%.