Ledger Surname
Approximately 9,326 people bear this surname
Ledger 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).
Read More About This SurnameLedger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,291 | 1:12,985 | 1,913 |
| United States | 2,789 | 1:129,960 | 13,700 |
| Australia | 1,083 | 1:24,927 | 3,401 |
| Canada | 422 | 1:87,312 | 9,659 |
| New Zealand | 135 | 1:33,543 | 5,806 |
| South Africa | 94 | 1:576,359 | 44,560 |
| Scotland | 91 | 1:58,833 | 4,840 |
| Wales | 58 | 1:53,354 | 4,894 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53 | 1:2,126 | 399 |
| Ireland | 47 | 1:100,190 | 5,388 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | 1:68,199 | 5,276 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Saint Lucia | 11 | 1:16,253 | 1,328 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 44 | 1:100,679 | 6,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,045 | 1:11,919 | 1,813 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 365 | 1:137,585 | 13,032 |
Ledger (154) may also be a first name.
Ledger 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.
(English) National Spear [Anglo-Saxon Léod(e)gár-léod, nation (léode, pl., people, soldiers, country) + gár = Old Saxon O.H.Ger. gér, a spear]
"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.
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.
William de St. Leodgario, and the fief of St. Leger, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Gilbert, Gisbert, and Robert de St. L. 1198 (Ib.). Hence the Lords Doneraile.
From the Flemish, Leger; a personal name.
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Ledger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ledger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ledger is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ledger? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 54,570th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 781,422 people. The surname Ledger is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Ledger reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles. Ledger is also the 740,891st most prevalent forename on earth, held by 154 people.
The last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 4,291 people, or 1 in 12,985. In England it is mostly found in: South Yorkshire, where 12 percent reside, Greater London, where 9 percent reside and Kent, where 8 percent reside. Apart from England this surname exists in 62 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.
Ledger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ledger has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ledger surname increased 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 764 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 3,033 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 644 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 107 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Ledger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (48%) in Ireland.
In The United States Ledger are 12.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.65% registered with the party.
The amount Ledger earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.82% more than the national average, earning R 339,396 per year; in United States they earn 0.4% less than the national average, earning $42,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.95% more than the national average, earning $53,635 CAD per year.
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