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    The surname Legare

    A surname, carried by 1,326 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L260

    Legare: #20,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Legare #20,139, 1,326 people Legare: #20,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Legare #20,139, 1,326 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Legare is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,326 people named Legare in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,210.

    #20,139
    rank among US surnames
    1,326
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,413)

    Who is named Legare

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

    69% of people named Legare identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Legares

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hugh S. Legaré
      American politician (1797-1843)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Legare

    Legare has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Legare?
    1,326 people in the United States had the surname Legare in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. It ranked 20,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Legare?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Legare identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Legare?
    Hugh S. Legaré, American politician (1797-1843).
    Where is the surname Legare most common?
    Wikidata records people named Legare in the United States.
    Is the surname Legare getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,326 in 2010, up 9.6%.