# Leggett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leggett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,977 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,777 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,792 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (12,406 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leggett in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leggett in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Leggett

- Jay Leggett, American actor, improvisational comedian, producer, director, screenwriter (1963-2013)
- Jeremy Leggett, British businessman

## Similar surnames

Liggett, Legette, Lockwood, Light, Lockett, Lozada, Luckett, List, Licata, Lizotte, Licht, Leist.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.