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    The surname McLester

    An occupational surname, carried by 522 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /məˈklɛstɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex M242

    McLester: #41,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McLester #41,657, 522 people McLester: #41,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McLester #41,657, 522 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLester is more common than 74.3% of them.

    Origin

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

    McLester is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 522 people named McLester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 591,467 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.

    #41,657
    rank among US surnames
    522
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #43,463)

    Who is named McLester

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

    60% of people named McLester identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McLester

    McLester has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McLester come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Fhleasdair (“son of the fletcher (arrow-maker)”), an occupational surname. Compare Fletcher.
    How common is the surname McLester?
    522 people in the United States had the surname McLester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 591,467 Americans. It ranked 41,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McLester?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named McLester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce McLester?
    McLester is /məˈklɛstɚ/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is McLester?
    McLester is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McLester getting more or less common?
    More common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 522 in 2010, up 12%.