Leiser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Leiser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,588 people carried this name — #17,673 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 17% from 1,353 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

733 people named Leiser live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 279
Zurich 144
Vaud 49
Fribourg 47
Aargau 43
Basel-Stadt 27
Solothurn 23
Lucerne 22

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Leiser.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Bas-Rhin 23
Moselle 15
Doubs 12
Paris 8
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Gironde 3
Hérault 3
Haut-Rhin 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 58 people named Leiser live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 44
City of Buenos Aires 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Leiser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcus Leiser Abraham 1795–1872
  • Henriette Leiser 1852–1942
  • Gottfried Leiser 1853–1922 · politician
  • Hermann Leiser 1854–1932 · photographer
  • Hermann Leiser 1855–1932 · photographer
  • Hedwig Jacoby 1859–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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