de Leger Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Leger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Leger 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
Belgium341:338,13737,845
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080

de Leger Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Leger is most common in Belgium. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of de Leger click here.

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

de Leger is the 3,100,440th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of de Leger reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 338,137. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Belgium this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 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 Legher9412/
der Leger941/
de Lege93158/
de Liege88134/
de Legge8840/
de Liger889/
de Leege886/
da Leger881/
de Leijer82297/
de Leyser8226/
de Lezier826/
de Lacger821/
de Lega805/
de Lese803/
de Legé802/
de Lige800/
de Leijser789/
di Legge75640/
de Lecea7599/
de Lizer7584/
de Leuze7533/
de Liser7532/
de Lyzer7514/
de Lease759/
de Lyser759/
De-Liege759/
de Liges758/
de Leese752/
de Leuse751/
de Lijser71136/
de Lijzer7155/
de Loijer7144/
de Lizier716/
de Leacey711/
de Lise67473/
de Looijer6765/
de Lice6713/
de Leza672/
de Lesi672/
de Liga671/
de Lize671/
de Loisier670/
de Loizier670/
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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 Leger
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