Leslie is used as a family name or surname in Hungarian. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leslie
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Hungarian
Meaning: This family, according to tradition, descended from Bartholomew de Leslyn, a noble Hungarian, who came to Scotland with Queen Margaret, about the year 1067. He was the son of Walter de Leslyn, who had assumed this surname from the castle of Leslyn, in Hungary, where he was born. Bartholomew being in great favor with Malcolm Canmore, obtained from that prince grants of several lands in Aberdeenshire, which it is said he called Leslyn, after his own surname. Malcolm de Leslyn, who succeeded him, was the progenitor of all the Leslies in Scotland.

Robert Verstegan, in his Antiquities, remarks on the word ley: "A combat having taken place in Scotland between a noble of the family of Leslie and a foreign knight, in which the Scot was victorious, the following lines in memory of the deed, and the place where it happened, are still extant:
Between the Less-Ley and the Mair,
He slew the knight and left him there.
The name may be derived from Lesslo, a maritime territory in Denmark

How popular is Leslie?

Leslie is common in United States.

Leslie is ranked 7782 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leslie bearers increased by 3.346246 per cent in 2010 US census to 25078 since 2000, the surname slipped by 82 spots and ranked at 1417. The last name was found in around 85 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.64 75.94
Black 19.47 18.01
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 1.87
Others 2.38 2.16
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.28 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.13 0.87
Leslie is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 69492 people have been found who wears Leslie as their family name. Leslie is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,582 Japan6
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
6,989 Uganda3
8,926 Cameroon3
10,329 Pakistan3
7,294 Kuwait3
4,554 Guatemala3
528 Laos3
2,720 South Korea3
405 British Virgin Islands2
3,437 Sudan2
4,367 Afghanistan2
4,086 Angola2
28,083 Romania2
9,272 Ecuador2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
37,372 Georgia2
4,164 Vietnam2
6,266 Luxembourg2
6,900 Oman2
3,791 Namibia2
10,395 Latvia2
4,781 Malawi2
2,151 Fiji2
34,572 Israel2
5,467 Haiti1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,578 Guam1
3,275 Nepal1
6,033 Benin1
165,773 Belarus1
2,024 Mongolia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
29,595 Iran1
3,586 Honduras1
28,746 Algeria1
1,572 Macau1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,970 Grenada1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
4,435 Togo1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
340 Comoros1
591 Samoa1
19,810 Croatia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
971 Seychelles1
4,171 Rwanda1
25,746 Finland1
2,211 Brunei1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,715 Gabon1
2,232 French Polynesia1
573 Vanuatu1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
58,885 Poland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
7,314 Bolivia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,132 Guyana49
95,259 Italy45
13,773 Denmark39
17,488 Norway39
722 The Bahamas35
208,169 Indonesia32
257,310 Russia31
32,811 Sweden29
595 Jersey28
11,444 Portugal28
514 Isle of Man27
3,338 Thailand27
1,808 China25
284 Cayman Islands22
50,826 Zimbabwe19
173,579 Ukraine18
606 Guernsey18
10,355 Nigeria14
4,338 Costa Rica12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
2,566 Qatar97
12,684 Switzerland90
29,238 Spain86
28,801 Netherlands84
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
184 Dominica67
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Leslie:
6,252 Kenya863
4,483 Ghana639
8,635 Mexico576
18,369 France527
4,639 Sri Lanka456
12,584 Tanzania365
5,912 Malaysia354
1,129 Wales350
33,368 Brazil350
31,047 Germany336
1,679 Ireland311
1,176 Northern Ireland250
6,997 Venezuela226
100,431 India214
6,128 Hungary196
292 Barbados194
2,926 Dominican Republic180
28,748 Argentina179
1,918 Panama179
10,100 Peru171
7,594 Colombia157
1,581 Hong Kong154
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
2,817 Singapore124
1,624 Trinidad and Tobago110
Countries with thousands of Leslie:
1,154 England6,663
773 Canada6,400
641 Australia4,746
1,781 South Africa3,708
223 Scotland3,314
183 Jamaica2,463
498 New Zealand1,299
13,549 Philippines1,096
28 Belize1,064
Countries with ten thousands of Leslie:
1,296 United States29,837
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant Thomas Leslie from Ireland aboard the Letitia Heyes from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 13 years old when he arrived in USA on May 15, 1846. 19 years old Hannah Leslie, Eliza Leslie (20) Spinster, 20 years old Ann Leslie, Anna Leslie (18) Dressmaker, Weaver William Leslie, William Leslie, aged 23, 22 years old Agnes Leslie, 2 years old Christina Leslie, and 35 other Leslie around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as dressmaker and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Glasgow.

Comments

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Jeni Glass
Leslie is a name of the female gender is a precision elisabeth derivative: English diminutive of elisabeth elisabeth is a name of the feminine origin of the name is Hebrew his feast is celebrated on 5 November / November 17 / July 4 / November 9/26 August its etymology comes from eliah / beth: the oath to god / god promised.

Leslie Namesakes

  • Abelardo Leslie Ho, Dennis Trillo's father
  • Aiden Leslie, Singer
  • Aleen Leslie, Screenwriter
  • Charlotte Leslie, Musical Artist
  • Alvord Leslie Boeck, Author
  • Steve Leslie, Soccer player
  • John Leslie, Television presenter
  • John Leslie, Television presenter
  • Harold Leslie Atwood, Margaret Atwood's brother
  • Frederick Hobson Leslie, Actor
  • Rose Leslie played important role of Dr. Amy Menser in 2016 action and horror film Morgan.

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