How common is the surname Legge?

2,088 people in the United States had the surname Legge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,867 Americans. It ranked 14,332nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Legge?

William Vincent Legge, Australian ornithologist (1841-1918).

Where is the surname Legge most common?

Wikidata records people named Legge in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Legge?

Legge is /lɛɡ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Legge getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,088 in 2010, down 4.9%.

The surname Legge

A surname, carried by 2,088 people in the United States.

Pronounced /lɛɡ/ 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). Legge is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

Spelling variant of Legg

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,088 people named Legge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,867 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,195.

#14,332

rank among US surnames

2,088

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,328	Holleran	2,089	147,796
#14,332	Vicknair	2,088	147,867
#14,338	Ecklund	2,087	147,937

Who is named Legge

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

92% of people named Legge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Legges

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Vincent Legge
Australian ornithologist (1841-1918)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Legge

Legge 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 Legge come from?: Spelling variant of Legg
How common is the surname Legge?: 2,088 people in the United States had the surname Legge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,867 Americans. It ranked 14,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Legge?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Legge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Legge?: William Vincent Legge, Australian ornithologist (1841-1918).
Where is the surname Legge most common?: Wikidata records people named Legge in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Legge?: Legge is /lɛɡ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Legge getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,088 in 2010, down 4.9%.