Saint Leger Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Saint Leger Surname Definition:

A Norman name: St. Léger, local name

Saint Leger 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
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Saint Leger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Norman name: St. Léger, local name

— British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber
DNA test information

Saint Leger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Saint Leger is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saint Leger? popularity and diffusion

Saint Leger is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Saint Leger is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Saint Leger live; 60 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Saint Leger is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Canada, where 20 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
Saintleger9532/
Saint-Leger91127/
Saintléger861/
Saint-Léger8246/
Santa Ligeiro751/
Sindliger701/
Sentilgiri571/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Saint Leger
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