# McLester (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mclester/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 522 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,657 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 591,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈklɛstɚ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Fhleasdair (“son of the fletcher (arrow-maker)”), an occupational surname. Compare Fletcher.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McLester 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

McAllister, McAlister, McCallister, McCleskey, McCalister, McCollister, McLeish, McAleese, McLaughlin, McCullough, Michaels, McCloskey.

## 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.