Legernes Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Legernes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legernes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway541:95,22813,033
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Legernes Last Name Facts

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

Legernes has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Legernes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,203,767th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Legernes live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Legernes is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 95,228. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 65 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 35 percent live. Barring Norway it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Legernes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Legernes earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 4.73% less than the national average, earning 329,699 kr per year and in United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legerne934/
Legrenes881/
Leguerne881/
Leserne8026/
Legrene8018/
Legerneche781/
Lagernäs7531/
Logarnes754/
Lecerni671/
Ligrene53413/
Liserny531/
Lyzherna501/
Laigrene501/

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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 Legernes
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