Lesser

Lesser is the 9,126th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,439 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 86,900.

By the numbers

People: 3,439
Rank: 9,126th
How common: 1 in 86,900
Per 100,000: 1.2

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Lesser described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
Black, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Lesser

Erik Lesser (born 1988)German biathlete
Anton Lesser (born 1952)English actor
Len Lesser (1922–2011)American actor and comedian
Otto Lesser (1830–1887)German astronomer
Sol Lesser (1890–1980)American film producer
Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884)Polish artist

People named Lesser with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Lesser

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.