Legister Surname

512,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 638 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Legister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica2691:10,6691,125
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
England1581:352,64625,413
Panama351:111,7794,120
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Legister (68) may also be a first name.

Legister Last Name Facts

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

Legister occurs in Jamaica more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Legister? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 512,152nd most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Legister reside; 42 percent reside in Caribbean and 42 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 68 people.

The surname Legister is most commonly used in Jamaica, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 10,669. In Jamaica Legister is most common in: Cornwall County, where 59 percent live, Middlesex County, where 23 percent live and Surrey County, where 18 percent live. Besides Jamaica Legister is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and England, where 25 percent live.

Legister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Legister has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Legister last name expanded 15,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Legister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Legister last name are 28.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 82.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Legister earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.04% more than the national average, earning $46,187 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
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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 Legister
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