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    The surname Leger

    A surname, carried by 10,221 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Leger: #3,497 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Leger #3,497, 10,221 people Leger: #3,497 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leger #3,497, 10,221 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leger is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,221 people named Leger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,207 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,211.

    #3,497
    rank among US surnames
    10,221
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #3,541)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,488Israel10,24530,136
    #3,489Crooks10,24430,139
    #3,490Searcy10,24330,142
    #3,491Logsdon10,24230,145
    #3,492Culbertson10,24030,151
    #3,493Glaser10,23530,166
    #3,494Weems10,23130,177

    Who is named Leger

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

    80% of people named Leger identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Legers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Teresa Leger Fernandez
      American attorney and politician, born 1959

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leger

    Leger 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 Leger?
    10,221 people in the United States had the surname Leger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,207 Americans. It ranked 3,497th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leger?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Leger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leger?
    Teresa Leger Fernandez, American attorney and politician.
    Where is the surname Leger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leger in the United States.
    Is the surname Leger getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,221 in 2010, up 11%.