# Liston (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/liston/  
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) | 4,888 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,877 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,164 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (4,715 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪs.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Liston 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Liston in the United States.

## People named Liston

- Sonny Liston, American boxer (c. 1930–1970)
- Melba Liston, American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer (1926–1999)

## Similar surnames

Leighton, Logston, Logsdon, Lightner, Lichtenstein, Laxton, Lichtenberg, Lichtenberger, Lichtman, Laughton, Luxton.

## 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.