How common is the surname Lesure?

1,400 people in the United States had the surname Lesure in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,533 Americans. It ranked 19,334th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Lesure most common?

Wikidata records people named Lesure in the United States.

Is the surname Lesure getting more or less common?

More common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,400 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Lesure

A surname, carried by 1,400 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesure is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,400 people named Lesure in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,533 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,194.

#19,334

rank among US surnames

1,400

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+17.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,618)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,334	Assad	1,400	220,533
#19,341	Knapik	1,399	220,690

Who is named Lesure

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

67% of people named Lesure identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 67%
White (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Lesures

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Lesure
American actor, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lesure

Lesure has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

Questions

How common is the surname Lesure?: 1,400 people in the United States had the surname Lesure in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,533 Americans. It ranked 19,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lesure?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Lesure identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lesure?: James Lesure, American actor.
Where is the surname Lesure most common?: Wikidata records people named Lesure in the United States.
Is the surname Lesure getting more or less common?: More common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,400 in 2010, up 17%.