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    The surname Legette

    A surname, carried by 2,244 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L230

    Legette: #13,517 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Legette #13,517, 2,244 people Legette: #13,517 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Legette #13,517, 2,244 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Legette is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,244 people named Legette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,921.

    #13,517
    rank among US surnames
    2,244
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,509Klepper2,245137,526
    #13,517Amico2,244137,587
    #13,525Peralez2,243137,648

    Who is named Legette

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

    73% of people named Legette identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 73%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Legette

    Legette has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Legette?
    2,244 people in the United States had the surname Legette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. It ranked 13,517th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Legette?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Legette identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Legette getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,244 in 2010, up 17%.