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    The surname Ledger

    An English occupational surname, carried by 2,132 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L326

    Ledger: #14,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ledger #14,096, 2,132 people Ledger: #14,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ledger #14,096, 2,132 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ledger is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Ledger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,132 people named Ledger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,070.

    #14,096
    rank among US surnames
    2,132
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,480)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,090Cumbie2,134144,679
    #14,093Cull2,133144,747
    #14,096Vanpatten2,132144,815
    #14,105Heeter2,131144,883

    Who is named Ledger

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Ledger identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ledgers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Heath Ledger
      Australian actor (1979–2008)
    • Jen Ledger
      British drummer and singer, born 1989

    Notable Ledgers come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ledger

    Ledger has the Soundex code L326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L326.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ledger come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Ledger?
    2,132 people in the United States had the surname Ledger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. It ranked 14,096th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ledger?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ledger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ledger?
    Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979–2008), followed by Jen Ledger.
    Where is the surname Ledger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ledger in Australia and the United States.
    What type of surname is Ledger?
    Ledger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Ledger getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,132 in 2010, up 3.0%.