Last Name LESTER

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Meaning Local: Of Leicester, the well-known capital of the county of that name.
Local: A borough town in England; a camp of the Roman legion. (See Leicester.)
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank 709 (2000 US census) 598 (1990 US census)
Count 43,919 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.72%, or 34134 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.1%, or 7949 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.29%, or 127 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.08%, or 474 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.32%, or 580 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.49%, or 654 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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