Saint-Léger Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Saint-Léger Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Saint.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Saint-Léger Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France431:1,544,714145,815
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Saint-Leger (127) are calculated separately.

Saint-Léger Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saint-Léger Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Saint-Léger occurs most in France. It may also appear in the variant forms: Saint-Leger. Click here for further possible spellings of Saint-Léger.

How Common Is The Last Name Saint-Léger? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,876,555th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Saint-Léger occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Saint-Léger live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,544,714. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 58 percent reside, Occitanie, where 35 percent reside and Normandy, where 5 percent reside. Beside France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saint-Leger97127/
Saintléger951/
Saintleger8632/
Saint Leger825/
Sindliger701/
Santa Ligeiro671/
Sentilgiri571/

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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 Saint-Léger
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