Legé Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Legé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France191:3,495,933219,029
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Lege (2,719), Légé (8), Legè (1), Légè (1) & Lège (1) are calculated separately.

Legé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Legé is most common in France. It can also be rendered as: Lege, Légé, Legè, Légè or Lège. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Legé? popularity and diffusion

The surname Legé is the 3,602,217th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Legé occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Legé live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Legé is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 3,495,933. In France Legé is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 89 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 5 percent live and Brittany, where 5 percent live. Barring France this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lege922,719/
Légé928/
Legè921/
Legéň8940/
Legée893/
Leugé892/
Legér891/
Légè831/
Lège831/
Leg'ér801/
Lega758,936/
Legi752,882/
Logé75100/
Ligé753/
Leger6745,131/
Legge6712,735/
Legay671,827/
Liege67760/
Leggi67566/
Leege67536/
Legha67518/
Leget67440/
Legis67394/
Leges67279/
Leghi67268/
Laege67238/
Leged67209/
Liega67199/
Legoy67183/
Llega67173/
Leiga67167/
Leage67164/
Liegi67147/
Leguy67145/
Legai67139/
Legit67130/
Legey67128/
Legee6777/
Leyga6775/
Leige6774/
Legui6774/
Leaga6768/
Leuge6763/
Lekge6760/
Legga6751/
Legea6748/
Legéňová6740/
Legíň6739/
Loege6734/
Leghe6732/
Leugi6729/
Legoa6729/
Legaj6725/
Leegi6723/
Legøy6721/
Leigi6720/
Llege6720/
Leega6719/
Leyge6719/
Legiň6718/
Legid6717/
Legih6712/
Lesgi6712/
Legeć6712/
Legie6710/
Legeň6710/
Legez679/
Loegi676/
Legep675/
Lligé674/
Leagi674/
Legaa673/
Laghé673/
Legyt673/
Legoi673/
Legèr672/
Leguá672/
Lekga672/
Leegy672/
Legiy671/
Legys671/
Lejga671/
Leagy671/
Laegi671/
Leygi671/
Legeh671/
Legěň671/
Legýň671/
Leggè671/
Légér671/
Leghy671/

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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 Legé
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