Legens Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Legens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
France221:3,019,215204,848
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Legens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Legens (Russian: Легенс) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Legens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Legens is the 1,267,784th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Legens live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 2,725,255. In The United States Legens is most frequent in: Missouri, where 50 percent reside, Tennessee, where 35 percent reside and Texas, where 4 percent reside. Excluding The United States Legens exists in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent reside and Poland, where 8 percent reside.

Legens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Legens surname are 42.92% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.15% registered to vote for the political party.

Legens earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.96% less than the national average, earning $31,518 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leggens9241/
Leigens922/
Liegens921/
Legiens921/
Legns911/
Leidgens8690/
Lesens83357/
Legins83145/
Legenz836/
Lejens832/
Ligens832/
Leigns831/
Logens830/
Leggins77715/
Leysens77394/
Liesens77320/
Liggens77129/
Lechens7732/
Leegins7717/
Leizens7716/
Lesense772/
Letjens771/
Liguens771/
Leesens771/
Legienz771/
Luigens771/
Loggens771/
Leagins770/
Leasens770/
Litgens770/
Lesuens770/
Lagns730/
Logns730/
Leguenze715/
Leiggins712/
Luitgens712/
Leitgins710/
Logins671,194/
Lejins67404/
Lysens67145/
Lesins67109/
Lisens6776/
Leijns6720/
Ligins6710/
Lezins676/
Licens675/
Lesyns672/
Lijens671/
Liggns671/
Lesenx671/
Lagins671/
Loigns670/
Lygins670/
Lizens670/

Legens Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Legens in the Russian language
Легенсlegens-

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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 Legens
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