The Lassiter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,066 people carried this name — #2,760 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 12,699 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

80 families named Lassiter, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 466 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 57
Virginia 22
Pennsylvania 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 249 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Lassiter in American newspapers,
1896–1912.

Newspaper page from Waterbury Democrat carrying the name Lassiter
Waterbury Democrat 1896-10-02
Newspaper page from The Guthrie Daily Leader carrying the name Lassiter
The Guthrie Daily Leader 1912-07-22
Newspaper page from Live Oak Daily Democrat carrying the name Lassiter
Live Oak Daily Democrat 1907-04-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,805 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lassiter in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

227 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lassiter. The most, 33, date from the 1860s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 124
Tasmania 30
Victoria 29
South Australia 13
Queensland 12
Western Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lassiter.

Who carried it

People named Lassiter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis R. Lassiter
    Francis R. Lassiter 1866–1909 · lawyer
  • Francis R. Lassiter
    Francis R. Lassiter 1866–1909 · lawyer
  • William Lassiter
    William Lassiter 1867–1959
  • William Carroll Lassiter 1909–1998 · lawyer
  • Charles Lassiter 1926–2005 · writer
  • Seija Lampila 1936–2021 · singer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lassiter,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States675 records

675 records of the Lassiter name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 451
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 166
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 38
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John H. Lassiter

    Born 1930; from Burlington County, New Jersey. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Leon Lassiter

    Born 1948; from Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James R. Lassiter

    Born 1921 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; sawmill worker from Wake County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 675 records for Lassiter in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Lassiter name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charlotte Lassiter

    Arrived in Victoria in 1890 aboard the Austral, aged 42.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Ann Lassiter

    Died 1844 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 49.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mary Lassiter

    Of Meredith, Victoria; died 1909.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Lassiter in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Lassiter name in Canada Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Lassiter

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Peruvian, landing at Quebec, bound for Mitchall, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Lassiter name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Lassiter

    Lance Corporal, Scots Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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