How common is the last name Lester?

42,692 people in the United States have the last name Lester, about 1 in 7,001. It ranks #789 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LESTER

#789

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
42,692
About
1 in 7,001
This common or more
37%
Who bears it

Of the 42,692 people with the last name Lester, 73.3% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lester

#787 Jacobson · 42,784#788 Meadows · 42,694#790 Bullock · 42,676#791 Gaines · 42,617

Spelled almost the same

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

#11,401 Leister · 2,643

Also a first name

As a first name, Lester ranks #936 of 53,615, with 47,571 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 3,265 births. See Lester as a first name

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