Legendre Surname

64,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,809 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Legendre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legendre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5091:144,46414,946
France2,4911:26,6653,197
Canada1,4121:26,0953,497
Haiti2651:40,3172,603
Trinidad and Tobago1801:7,5781,123
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Belgium1501:76,64412,128
Argentina951:449,93133,821
Luxembourg481:12,0952,127
Brazil461:4,653,790122,015
Peru451:706,31416,453
England421:1,326,62059,571
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Venezuela331:915,27514,245
New Caledonia311:8,9102,168
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Panama231:170,0985,250
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Norway91:571,36544,190
China61:227,886,92811,701
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Barbados11:287,4482,772
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1881:267,12121,813

Legendre (26) may also be a first name.

Legendre Last Name Facts

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

The last name Legendre occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Legendre? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 64,101st most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 933,224 people. Legendre is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Legendre reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 26 people.

Legendre is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2,509 people, or 1 in 144,464. In The United States Legendre is mostly concentrated in: Louisiana, where 34 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Massachusetts, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States Legendre exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in France, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 18 percent live.

Legendre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Legendre has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,335 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Legendre Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Legendre surname are 17.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.01% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Legendre earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.63% less than the national average, earning 326,581 kr per year; in Peru they earn 24.34% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,666 per year; in United States they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning $45,758 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.85% less than the national average, earning $42,802 CAD 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
  • 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 Legendre
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