Leggs Surname
Approximately 846 people bear this surname
Leggs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 512 | 1:707,928 | 55,905 |
| Mexico | 321 | 1:386,686 | 7,792 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
Leggs (11) may also be a first name.
Leggs Demographics
Leggs Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Leggs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leggs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leggs has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leggs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 412,207th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,614,120 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Leggs are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 11 people.
Leggs is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 707,928. In The United States Leggs is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 17 percent live, Maryland, where 11 percent live and Missouri, where 11 percent live. Barring The United States Leggs occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Leggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leggs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leggs last name rose 1,089 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leggs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Leggs surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Leggs surname are 18.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.06% registered to vote for the party.
Leggs earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.7% less than the national average, earning $32,061 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leggss | 91 | 11 | / |
| Legg | 89 | 23,704 | / |
| Legs | 89 | 13 | / |
| Leugs | 80 | 113 | / |
| Liggs | 80 | 28 | / |
| Leigg | 80 | 10 | / |
| Legse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Laegs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liegg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leggh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Loegs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Loggs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leggt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leags | 80 | 0 | / |
| Laggs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leg | 75 | 536 | / |
| Leggue | 73 | 44 | / |
| Legsse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Legsht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Legshe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leggtt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leks | 67 | 1,884 | / |
| Legh | 67 | 305 | / |
| Leeg | 67 | 148 | / |
| Lieg | 67 | 72 | / |
| Leig | 67 | 40 | / |
| Lleg | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lexs | 67 | 10 | / |
| Legz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ligg | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leug | 67 | 6 | / |
| Leag | 67 | 5 | / |
| Logs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Legk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lesg | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lekg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ljgs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ligs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lags | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leggigg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hleg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leyg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leegsse | 67 | 1 | / |
| L'Higgs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ljgg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lecg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lygs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Leggs
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