Explore the Family Name Lesinski

The meaning of Lesinski

Polish (Lesiński): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Lesin, Lesina, or Leśna, named with les, dialect form of standard Polish las ‘forest’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Casimir, Danuta, Janina, Janusz, Kazimierz, Zigmund.

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How common is the last name Lesinski in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Lesinski saw a slight decline in popularity between 2000 to 2010. Although the count of individuals with this surname marginally increased from 958 to 960 people, the proportion per 100,000 population fell by 8.33%. This drop resulted in the surname's rank moving from 24,471st most popular surname in 2000 to 25,684th in 2010, reflecting a change of -4.96%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,471	#25,684	-4.96%
Count	958	960	0.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.33	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lesinski

On the other hand, the ethnic identity associated with the surname Lesinski underwent minor shifts over the same period. The Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of people with this surname identified as White, with a negligible decrease of 0.10% from 2000 to 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 25.83%, though still representing a small segment at 3.02% in 2010. There was a slight decrease in the percentage of those identifying as two or more races, while the categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native did not see any representation for this surname, remaining at zero throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.35%	96.25%	-0.1%
Hispanic	2.4%	3.02%	25.83%
Two or More Races	0.63%	0.52%	-17.46%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%