Légeret Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Légeret Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Légeret Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2401:34,2205,006
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Legeret (99) are calculated separately.

Légeret Last Name Facts

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

Légeret occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Legeret. Click here for other potential spellings of Légeret.

How Common Is The Last Name Légeret? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,038,570th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Légeret occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Légeret live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Légeret is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 34,220. In Switzerland Légeret is mostly found in: Canton of Vaud, where 75 percent live, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 8 percent live and Canton of Valais, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

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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 Légeret
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