St Leger Surname
Approximately 613 people bear this surname
St Leger Surname Definition:
Of Norman origin, this family has been in Ireland since the fourteenth century. Some branches became hibernicized. IF 311*
St Leger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 146 | 1:32,253 | 2,764 |
| England | 135 | 1:412,726 | 28,150 |
| United States | 127 | 1:2,854,007 | 168,820 |
| Haiti | 98 | 1:109,019 | 5,142 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 49 | 1:90,405 | 6,033 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 74 | 1:329,397 | 21,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: St Léger (2) are calculated separately.
St Leger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of Norman origin, this family has been in Ireland since the fourteenth century. Some branches became hibernicized. IF 311*
Robert de S. Leodgario, or St. Leger, William, John, Gilbert, Normandy 1180-05 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Gislebert, Robert, Simon, William, 1198 (Ib.). St. Leger was near Avranches, Normandy. Robert St. L. was of Sussex, 1086, and appears to have been father of William de S. L., who, with his son Clarembald, granted lands to Battle Abbey, t. Henry I. (Mon. i. 318). Hence the St. Legers of Kent and Devon, and the Viscounts Doneraile.
From the French, Saint-Léger; a personal name Sent Legere in Roll of Battell Abbey.
St leger: from a place of that name near Avranches. Robert de St. Leger was estated in Sussex (Domesday).
A Norman name: St. Léger, local name
St Leger Demographics
Average St Leger Salary in
United States
$62,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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St Leger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name St Leger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name St Leger has its highest incidence in Ireland. It can also be found as: St Léger. For other potential spellings of St Leger click here.
How Common Is The Last Name St Leger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 528,243rd most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,888,329 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of St Leger are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 47 percent are found in British Isles.
St Leger is most frequently used in Ireland, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 32,253. In Ireland St Leger is mostly concentrated in: Munster, where 56 percent live and Leinster, where 44 percent live. Beside Ireland this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 21 percent live.
St Leger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of St Leger has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people who held the St Leger last name expanded 298 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 182 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 668 percent between 1880 and 2014.
St Leger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the St Leger surname is principally Catholic (71%) in Ireland.
The amount St Leger earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning R 232,860 per year; in United States they earn 45.31% more than the national average, earning $62,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.65% less than the national average, earning $31,472 CAD per year.
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