Legins Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Legins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:2,517,076153,460
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Legins Last Name Facts

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

Legins is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Legins? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,465,390th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Legins are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 2,517,076. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 42 percent are found, Colorado, where 11 percent are found and Tennessee, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Legins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Legins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Legins surname rose 4,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Legins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Legins surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Legins earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.37% more than the national average, earning $50,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leggins92715/
Leegins9217/
Legiens921/
Leagins920/
Legns911/
Leiggins862/
Leitgins860/
Logins831,194/
Lejins83404/
Legens83181/
Lesins83109/
Leijns8320/
Ligins8310/
Lezins836/
Leigns831/
Lagins831/
Lygins830/
Loggins776,443/
Liggins776,204/
Leijnse77462/
Leggens7741/
Leginze7716/
Leizens7716/
Laggins773/
Leusins772/
Leigens772/
Lidgins771/
Liagins771/
Legienz771/
Liegens771/
Lezzins770/
Logns730/
Lagns730/
Leidgens7190/
Licggins711/
Lliggins711/
Logginns711/
Lesens67357/
Lysens67145/
Lijnse67109/
Lisens6776/
Lisins6746/
Lizins678/
Legenz676/
Licens675/
Ligens672/
Lesyns672/
Lejens672/
L'Higgins672/
Lesims671/
Lijens671/
Liggns671/
Licins671/
Logens670/
Lizens670/
Lycins670/
Loigns670/

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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 Legins
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis