Ledgard Surname

377,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 946 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ledgard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Leger.' I find no evidence in favour of Lower's statement that the origin is 'le garde,' the guard or keeper. The final 'd' is a common excrescence. St. Leger was a canonized priest of Chalons, the French form being Leguire (Yonge).

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Ledgard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3791:147,01314,138
United States2041:1,776,759116,838
Mexico1491:833,06211,879
Australia1161:232,72221,885
Peru281:1,135,14720,057
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Wales51:618,90625,852
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
China31:455,773,85521,925
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4581:53,2216,398
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Ledgard (48) may also be a first name.

Ledgard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Leger.' I find no evidence in favour of Lower's statement that the origin is 'le garde,' the guard or keeper. The final 'd' is a common excrescence. St. Leger was a canonized priest of Chalons, the French form being Leguire (Yonge). With the intrusive 'd' in Ledger, compare Rodger for Roger.

Leggard de Aula, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Lyger de la Frache, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Adam Leger, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Andrew fil. Lege, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Thomas Leggara, Norfolk, ibid.

Johannes Leggard, hostillr, Bradforth (Bradford), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Lyggard, 1379: ibid.

1584. John Legerde and Alice Alsopp, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).

1595-6. Christopher Roffie and Catharine Leger, widow: ibid.

1746. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. John Ledgerson: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) National Fence or Pro­tection [O.Angl. Léodgard-léod, nation + gard, m., a fence, etc.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

"The very business-like name of Ledger may not improbably be a corruption of Ludegar, the name of a warlike king of the Saxons in the Nibelungen Lied," Ferguson. 2. A more probable derivation is from the French leger, light, swift, nimble. 3. The most probable of all is from the Norman St. Leger, with the omission of the prefix.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as St. Leger and Ledegar, name of a warlike king of the Saxons in the Nibelungen Lied, which occurs in some local names in Anglo-Saxon charters, as Ludegarsttin and Lutegáreshale, which latter Kemble thinks may be Ludgershall, in Wilts.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Ledgard Last Name Facts

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

Ledgard is found most in England. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ledgard? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 377,677th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,703,537 people. The last name Ledgard occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Ledgard reside; 42 percent reside in Northern Europe and 42 percent reside in British Isles. Ledgard is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held given name internationally, held by 48 people.

Ledgard is most frequent in England, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 147,013. In England it is most prevalent in: West Yorkshire, where 41 percent live, Greater London, where 6 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 5 percent live. Beside England this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Mexico, where 16 percent live.

Ledgard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ledgard has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 17 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 453 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ledgard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Ledgard surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Ledgard last name are 15.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ledgard earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 156.17% more than the national average, earning S/. 49,658 per year; in United States they earn 15.71% more than the national average, earning $49,927 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.79% more than the national average, earning $51,068 CAD per year.

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Lejdegard881/
Lidgard86695/
Ledgerd8622/
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Ledgord862/
Ledeard861/
Leddard861/
Leedard861/
Ledghar861/
Leudard860/
Lodgaard8063/
Loddgard807/
Ledhardt800/
Lidard77191/
Lydard7763/
Ledord773/
Lidgar772/
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Leidhardt7517/
Laetgaard752/
Liddard71213/
Lydeard7138/
Lodgerd711/
Lidhard711/
Lideard711/
Liedhart679/
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