Legier Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Legier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 332 | 1:1,091,744 | 79,205 |
| France | 56 | 1:1,186,120 | 124,657 |
| Poland | 31 | 1:1,226,089 | 78,991 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
The alternate forms: Légier (10) are calculated separately.
Legier (16) may also be a first name.
Legier Demographics
Legier Political Affiliation
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Legier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Legier has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Légier. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legier? popularity and diffusion
Legier is the 655,080th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Legier live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 332 people, or 1 in 1,091,744. In The United States it is mostly found in: Louisiana, where 32 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States Legier occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent are found and Poland, where 7 percent are found.
Legier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Legier has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Legier surname grew 593 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Legier Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Legier surname are 7.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.19% registered with the party.
Legier earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.87% more than the national average, earning $49,132 USD 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Legier
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