Legett Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Legett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 191 | 1:1,897,691 | 123,202 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 168 | 1:298,921 | 23,746 |
Legett Demographics
Average Legett Salary in
United States
$29,248 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Legett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legett Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Legett is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legett? popularity and diffusion
Legett is the 1,185,157th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Legett live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 1,897,691. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 26 percent reside, Louisiana, where 10 percent reside and Maryland, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Venezuela, where 1 percent reside.
Legett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Legett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Legett last name expanded 114 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Legett Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Legett last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Legett earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 32.22% less than the national average, earning $29,248 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.38% less than the national average, earning $47,010 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 Legett
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