# Ledger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ledger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,132 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,096 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 144,815 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (2,070 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * English patronymic surname from either the Norman personal name Leodegar or the Old French equivalent Legier, both containing the Proto-Germanic elements *liudiz (“men, people”) and *garwaz (“ready, prepared”). * English metonymic occupational surname for a stonemason, from ledger, itself a derivative of Old English leċġan (“to lay”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ledger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ledger in Australia and the United States.

## People named Ledger

- Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979–2008)
- Jen Ledger, British drummer and singer

## Similar surnames

Leger, Legere, Ledgerwood, Letcher, Ladouceur.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.