Lister meaning | Last name Lister origin

Following is the meaning of Lister surname. Family name Lister is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Lister
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lister

Lister is used as a family name or surname in Canada languages. Lister has 6 characters long in length.

Lister is common in Canada country(ies).

Lister is ranked 16325 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lister bearers increased by 5.816753 per cent in 2010 US census to 8350 since 2000, the surname slipped by 92 spots and ranked at 4250. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.66 79.55
Black 14.74 14.67
Hispanic or Latino 3.32 2.6
Others 1.58 1.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.34 1.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.36 0.37

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Lister

How popular is Lister?

Lister is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 32209 people have been found who wears Lister as their family name. Lister is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
45,922 Philippines9
705 Gibraltar7
7,031 China6
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
122,390 Belarus4
137 Vanuatu3
2,754 Namibia3
8,995 Uganda2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
31,767 Greece2
18,625 Japan2
4,367 Afghanistan2
18,718 Thailand2
5,318 Iraq2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,118 Isle of Man2
14,373 Jordan1
2,024 Mongolia1
58,885 Poland1
15,705 Cameroon1
16,283 Lithuania1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

William Lister worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on January 8, 1849. 22 years old U Lister, Samuel Lister, aged 28, Workman Maurice Lister, John Lister, aged 45, Johanna Lister (20) , 29 years old James Lister, Eleanor Lister (27) Immigrant, Anne Lister, aged 18, and 5 other Lister around 91.67% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, London and Limerick.

Comments :Dino Steinhauer Lister is a family name alsacien- Lorraine, represents a nickname derived from list intelligence, wisdom, designating a man advises, intelligent, cunning.

Celebrities having Lister surname

Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
Joseph Storr Lister Author
J. Lister Hill American Politician
Alton Lister Basketball player
Cornelia Lister Tennis Player
Ardele Lister Critic
Zoe Lister-Jones Actress
Dean Lister Mixed martial artist
David William Lister Read Author
David Lister Film director
Aynsley Lister Guitarist
  • Matthew Lister played minor character of Reagonomicon in 2006 comedy movie A Perfect Game.
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