How common is the last name Leslie?

24,015 people in the United States have the last name Leslie, about 1 in 12,446. It ranks #1,446 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LESLIE

#1,446

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
24,015
About
1 in 12,446
This common or more
44%
Who bears it

Of the 24,015 people with the last name Leslie, 69.9% reported their origin as White, 19.2% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Leslie

#1,444 Edmonds · 24,037#1,445 Pagan · 24,020#1,447 Schafer · 24,003#1,448 Brandon · 23,986

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leslie, most common first.

#80,289 Lesslie · 255

Also a first name

As a first name, Leslie ranks #179 of 53,615, with 290,492 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 8,199 births. See Leslie as a first name

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