de Lege Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Lege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Lege Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1521:111,10017,774
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Legé (2) are calculated separately.

de Lege Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Lege Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Lege is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: de Legé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lege? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,385,851st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name de Lege is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of de Lege live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Lege is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 111,100. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 41 percent reside, North Brabant, where 20 percent reside and North Holland, where 19 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands de Lege is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Legé952/
de Liege93134/
de Leger9340/
de Legge9340/
de Leege936/
de Legher8812/
der Leger881/
de Lage8647/
de Lega865/
de Lese863/
de Loge861/
de Lige860/
di Legge80640/
de Laage80135/
de Lecea8099/
de Leuze8033/
De-Liege809/
de Liger809/
de Lease809/
de Liges808/
de Lagey807/
de Laâge807/
de Leese802/
de Leche801/
de Leuse801/
da Leger801/
de Leijer75297/
de Leyser7526/
de Lezier756/
de Leacey751/
de Lise71473/
da Lage7198/
de Logi7129/
de Lice7113/
de Leza712/
de Lesi712/
de Liga711/
de Lize711/
de Luigi671,026/
de Luise67943/
de Lizer6784/
de Liser6732/
de Lyzer6714/
de Logie6710/
de Lyser679/
de Liche675/
de Lizeu675/
di Leggi674/
de Lizie672/
de Ligia672/
Di-Legge671/
de Laize671/
de Laise671/
de Liseu671/
de Lisie671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Lege
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