Does any one know ppl with the surname Lister?

Question:I thought you might like to have a look at this site, although it only applies to the USA,
http://howmanyofme.com/
There are 9,225 people in the U.S. with the last name Lister.
Statistically the 3997th most popular last name.
The following information came from www.ancestry.com
Lister Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for a dyer, Middle English litster, an agent derivative (originally feminine; compare Baxter) of lit(t)e(n) ‘to dye’ (Old Norse lita). This term was used principally in East Anglia and northern and eastern England (areas of Scandinavian settlement), and to this day the surname is found principally in these regions, especially in Yorkshire.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhleisdeir ‘son of the arrow maker’,
hope this helps.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I thought you might like to have a look at this site, although it only applies to the USA,
http://howmanyofme.com/
There are 9,225 people in the U.S. with the last name Lister.
Statistically the 3997th most popular last name.
The following information came from www.ancestry.com
Lister Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for a dyer, Middle English litster, an agent derivative (originally feminine; compare Baxter) of lit(t)e(n) ‘to dye’ (Old Norse lita). This term was used principally in East Anglia and northern and eastern England (areas of Scandinavian settlement), and to this day the surname is found principally in these regions, especially in Yorkshire.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhleisdeir ‘son of the arrow maker’,
hope this helps.

Dave Lister - Red Dwarf!

the great scientist, was called Lister who saved tens of millions of lives with his discovery of antiseptics

Yes. My French teacher is called Miss Lister!

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Check this out
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php...

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
has 22,000+ entries for the surname.

http://www.familysearch.org
has thousands of them. Here are some from the 1880 census:

1. Anna LISTER - 1880 United States Census / California
Other Gender: Female Birth: <1860> NJ

2. Samuel LISTER - 1880 United States Census / California
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1825> ENG

3. Anna LISTER - 1880 United States Census / California
Wife Gender: Female Birth: <1827> ENG

4. Anna LISTER - 1880 United States Census / California
Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1860> NJ

5. Benjamin LISTER - 1880 United States Census / California
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1839> ENG

6. Hannah LISTER - 1880 United States Census / California
Wife Gender: Female Birth: <1840> WALES

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I have a friend whose mothers maiden name is Lister. This Lister family hails from the Detroit area of Michigan.