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The Lesser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,686 people carried this name — #8,885 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,649 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 237 people named Lesser 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 Salta.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Salta 127
Córdoba 57
Buenos Aires Province 29
City of Buenos Aires 14
Santa Fe 10

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Lesser.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Meuse.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Meuse 19
Bas-Rhin 12
Yvelines 6
Paris 5
Côte-d’Or 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Haut-Rhin 3
Moselle 1

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

In Poland’s population register

28 people named Lesser have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 38 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lubusz.

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

Where they live today

Lubusz 10
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 7
Łódź 5
Silesian 4
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

32 people named Lesser is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 32

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Lesser in American newspapers,
1882–1919.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Lesser
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-12-19
Newspaper page from The Anderson Intelligencer carrying the name Lesser
The Anderson Intelligencer 1882-10-12
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Lesser
The Ogden Standard 1919-12-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 278,209 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lesser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Friedrich Christian Lesser
    Friedrich Christian Lesser 1692–1754 · naturalist
  • Aleksander Lesser
    Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 · illustrator
  • Aleksander Lesser
    Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 · illustrator
  • Henriette Lesser d. 1942
  • Ludwig Lesser 1802–1867 · writer
  • Stanisław Lesser 1817–1890 · banker

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

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Surnames next to Lesser.

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