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Where Does The Last Name Leegan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Leegan is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leegan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 1,746,159^th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Leegan live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. Leegan is also the 3,684,242^nd most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 4,474,802. In The United States Leegan is most prevalent in: New Jersey, where 16 percent reside, Virginia, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States Leegan exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 14 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 10 percent reside.

Leegan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Leegan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leegan last name expanded 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 35 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Leegan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Leegan last name are 29.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.47% registered to vote for the party.

Leegan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.33% less than the national average, earning $42,577 USD per year.