Legans Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Legans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1801:2,013,661129,138
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

Legans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Legans is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Legans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,244,200th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Legans are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 2,013,661. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 14 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Virginia, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Legans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Legans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Legans last name grew 182 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Legans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Legans surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.

Legans earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.29% less than the national average, earning $30,943 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leggans92125/
Leagans92113/
Leganse9210/
Leghans921/
Leighans861/
Logans83102/
Ligans8346/
Legons8345/
Lagans831/
Loggans77241/
Liggans77227/
Leggons775/
Leggams774/
Leigons774/
Leagons774/
Legance772/
Ligains770/
Loggains71431/
Legotins711/
Leganche711/
Liggains711/
Ligons67784/
Loganz6710/
Lagons678/
Laganz674/
Logons674/
Lagansowa671/
Lygons671/
Leeganche670/
Liggons62283/
Liganje629/
Loggons623/
Ligance621/
Lagoins621/
Ligonns621/
Lighons621/
Laghensh571/
Liggance570/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Legans
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis