The Leser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 517 people carried this name — #42,030 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 528 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Leser.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Leser live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Leser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Leser 1846–1914 · politician -
Edmund Leser 1729–1786 · priest
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Emanuel Leser 1849–1914 · economist
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Edmund Leser 1853–1916 · physician
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Sophie Leser 1867–1942
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Albert Leser 1868–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leser.
- Lerouge 188 · U.S. census
- Leroux 3,115 · U.S. census
- Leroy 7,759 · U.S. census
- Lesage 1,847 · U.S. census
- Lesch 1,296 · U.S. census
- Lescher 251 · U.S. census
- Lesiak 562 · U.S. census
- Lesieur 554 · U.S. census
- Lesniak 2,634 · U.S. census
- Lesniewski 965 · U.S. census
- Leson 131 · U.S. census
- Lesperance 2,868 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Leser is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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