Legally Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Legally Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legally Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Legally Last Name Facts

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

The surname Legally is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Legally.

How Common Is The Last Name Legally? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Legally reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Legally is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 75 percent live and Nevada, where 25 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.

Legally Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Legally has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Legally Last Name Statistics demography

Legally earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

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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
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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 Legally
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