How common is the surname Legaspi?

3,520 people in the United States had the surname Legaspi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,712 Americans. It ranked 9,251st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Legaspi getting more or less common?

More common. 2,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,520 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Legaspi

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,520 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L221

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Legaspi is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Legaspi; variant of Legazpi.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,520 people named Legaspi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,712 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,524.

#9,251

rank among US surnames

3,520

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+39.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,449)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687
#9,251	Cui	3,520	87,712
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737
#9,255	Mill	3,518	87,762
#9,257	Bakke	3,517	87,787
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812

Who is named Legaspi

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

70% of people named Legaspi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 70%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21%
White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Two or more races 3.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Legaspi come from?: From Spanish Legaspi; variant of Legazpi.
How common is the surname Legaspi?: 3,520 people in the United States had the surname Legaspi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,712 Americans. It ranked 9,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Legaspi?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Legaspi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Legaspi getting more or less common?: More common. 2,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,520 in 2010, up 40%.