The Laster surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,202 people carried this name — #3,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 8,525 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Laster surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

As an English surname, variant of Lester.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Laster» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Laster in American newspapers,
1921–1924.

Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Laster
South Bend News-times 1921-03-20
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Laster
South Bend News-times 1924-04-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Laster in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

414 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Laster. The most, 68, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 122
Victoria 115
Queensland 87
Tasmania 38
Western Australia 29
South Australia 20
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Laster,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Feiwel Laster 1896–1940
  • Anny Laster 1897–1940
  • Georg Laster 1934–1940
  • Art Laster 1948–1990 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Laster,
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 States508 records

508 records of the Laster name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 265
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 137
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 58
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leonard T. Laster

    Born 1918 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; salesperson from Shelby County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Riwke Laster

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Main from Bremen, aged 18; seamstress. From Sniatyn, Austria; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alvin Mack Laster

    Born 1948; from Compton, California. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1968 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 508 records for Laster 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany12 records

12 records of the Laster name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Läster

    From Plauen-Haselbrunn. Reported dead in the Saxon casualty list of 6 December 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 241).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Läster

    From Plauen i. V. Reported taken prisoner in the Saxon casualty list of 28 June 1919 (Foot Artillery Regiment No. 19).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 12 records for Laster in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Laster name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacques Laster

    Born 1906 in Paris; died 1974 in Le Port-Marly (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leon Laster

    Born 1910 in Paris; died 1991 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anna Laster

    Born 1907 in Paris; died 1989 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Laster name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Juliana Laster

    Married in 1789 in Lettelbert en Enumatil.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Melania Laster

    In the population register of Retie; born 1882 in Retie.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Simon Laster

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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