Find out how popular the last name Leasure is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Leasure.

Leasure, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Leasure surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Leasure in America

Leasure is the 7859th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Leasure surname appeared 4,210 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Leasure.

We can also compare 2010 data for Leasure to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Leasure

The surname LEASURE is of English origin, derived from a place name. It is believed to have originated in the county of Leicestershire, England, during the medieval period.

The name LEASURE is thought to be a variant spelling of the place name "Leicester," which itself is derived from the Old English words "Legor" (meaning a dweller by the river) and "ceaster" (meaning a Roman town or camp). The earliest recorded spelling of the name was "Legra-ceastre" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dated 917 AD.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the surname LEASURE can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "Legraceaster." This suggests that the name was well-established in Leicestershire by the time of the Norman Conquest.

Notable historical figures with the surname LEASURE include Sir John LEASURE (1550-1618), a member of the English gentry and landowner in Leicestershire; William LEASURE (1632-1701), a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of Leicester; and Elizabeth LEASURE (1675-1743), a renowned author and poet from Leicestershire.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, many families with the surname LEASURE migrated from Leicestershire to other parts of England, as well as to the American colonies. This led to the emergence of various regional spellings and variations of the name, such as LEYSURE, LEASOR, and LEASOR.

In the United States, notable individuals with the surname LEASURE include Jonathan LEASURE (1785-1867), a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and one of the earliest settlers in Ohio; Sarah LEASURE (1811-1892), a pioneering educator and advocate for women's rights in Pennsylvania; and Samuel LEASURE (1834-1911), a prominent businessman and philanthropist in San Francisco.

Overall, the surname LEASURE has a rich history rooted in the English county of Leicestershire, and its variations have been carried across the globe by generations of bearers over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Leasure

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Leasure.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Leasure was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Leasure has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Leasure was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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