Legagneur Surname

233,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,731 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Legagneur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legagneur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti1,3851:7,714889
United States2341:1,548,970104,799
France741:897,604104,173
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Legagneur Last Name Facts

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

Legagneur is held by more people in Haiti than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Legagneur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 233,088th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,210,021 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Legagneur reside; 80 percent reside in Caribbean and 80 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean.

This last name is most frequently held in Haiti, where it is held by 1,385 people, or 1 in 7,714. In Haiti Legagneur is mostly concentrated in: Ouest, where 56 percent live, Nord-Ouest, where 43 percent live and Artibonite, where 0 percent live. Barring Haiti it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

Legagneur Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Legagneur last name are 30.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.87% being registered with the party.

The amount Legagneur earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.11% less than the national average, earning $44,164 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legaigneur955/
Legangneur951/
Lagagneur891/
Leganure828/
Legannier780/
Leganor751/
Legonier712/
Leygonier6740/
Liganor63122/
Legonor631/

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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
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  • 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 Legagneur
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