How common is the surname Legg?

9,671 people in the United States had the surname Legg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,925 Americans. It ranked 3,674th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Legg getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,671 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Legg

A nickname surname, carried by 9,671 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Legg is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

English surname, from a nickname derived from leg.

Legg is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,671 people named Legg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,925 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,728.

#3,674

rank among US surnames

9,671

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,362)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,670	Tinoco	9,707	31,806
#3,672	Luce	9,704	31,816
#3,673	Kohn	9,701	31,826
#3,674	Legg	9,671	31,925

Who is named Legg

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

93% of people named Legg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Legg

Legg has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

Where does the surname Legg come from?: English surname, from a nickname derived from leg.
How common is the surname Legg?: 9,671 people in the United States had the surname Legg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,925 Americans. It ranked 3,674th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Legg?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Legg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Legg?: Legg is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Legg getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,671 in 2010, down 0.6%.