The leston Surname
leston Name Meaning and History
- Spanish (Lestón): habitational name from any of four places called Lestó in A Coruña province, Galacia.
- English: unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from Leiston in Suffolk, so named from Old English leg ‘beacon fire’ + tun ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| George LESTON | Linda Greatorex | 4 |
| George Leston ~ Child Immigrant Sent to VA. in 1620 |
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| Leston Family | Jose Maria Leston | 1 |
| Gordon Leston Coleman | June McCarroll | 0 |
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