Léger Surname
Approximately 1,099 people bear this surname
Léger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 378 | 1:175,721 | 27,351 |
| Canada | 329 | 1:111,993 | 11,960 |
| Switzerland | 247 | 1:33,251 | 4,884 |
| Belgium | 96 | 1:119,757 | 17,631 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Cape Verde | 5 | 1:105,928 | 3,425 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Leger (45,131), Lèger (1), Légér (1), Legèr (2) & Legér (1) are calculated separately.
Léger (15) may also be a first name.
Léger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Léger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Léger is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Leger, Lèger, Légér, Legèr or Legér. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Léger? popularity and diffusion
It is the 335,587th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,631,070 people. The surname Léger occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Léger are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Léger is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 378 people, or 1 in 175,721. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 47 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 12 percent reside and Grand Est, where 8 percent reside. Aside from France this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 30 percent reside and Switzerland, where 22 percent reside.
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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
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