Legare Surname
Approximately 8,296 people bear this surname
Legare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5,996 | 1:6,145 | 895 |
| United States | 1,857 | 1:195,185 | 19,268 |
| South Africa | 232 | 1:233,525 | 24,103 |
| India | 133 | 1:5,767,409 | 137,347 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 263 | 1:190,946 | 16,781 |
The alternate forms: Legaré (23) & Légaré (341) are calculated separately.
Legare (194) may also be a first name.
Legare Demographics
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Legare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legare Come From? nationality or country of origin
Legare (Marathi: लेगरे) is more commonly found in Canada than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Legaré or Légaré. For other potential spellings of Legare click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legare? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,695th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 878,441 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Legare reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Gallo-North America. It is also the 651,944th most common first name world-wide, borne by 194 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Canada, where it is borne by 5,996 people, or 1 in 6,145. In Canada Legare is most numerous in: Quebec, where 89 percent are found, Ontario, where 5 percent are found and British Columbia, where 3 percent are found. Other than Canada it exists in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Legare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Legare has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Legare surname rose 706 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Legare Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Legare last name are 2.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.28% being registered with the political party.
The amount Legare earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 45.93% less than the national average, earning R 128,496 per year; in United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.05% less than the national average, earning $42,701 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legare in the Marathi language | ||
| लेगरे | legare | 93.97 |
| लेगारे | legare | 3.02 |
| लगरे | lagare | 3.02 |
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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 Legare
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