How common is the surname Legler?

1,699 people in the United States had the surname Legler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. It ranked 16,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Legler?

Tim Legler, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Legler most common?

Wikidata records people named Legler in the United States.

Is the surname Legler getting more or less common?

More common. 1,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,699 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Legler

A surname, carried by 1,699 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Legler is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,699 people named Legler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,507.

#16,802

rank among US surnames

1,699

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,296)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,798	Kuss	1,700	181,615
#16,802	Legler	1,699	181,722
#16,809	Porcaro	1,698	181,829

Who is named Legler

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

90% of people named Legler identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leglers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Legler
American basketball player, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Legler

Leclerc

Legler has the Soundex code L246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L246.

Questions

How common is the surname Legler?: 1,699 people in the United States had the surname Legler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. It ranked 16,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Legler?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Legler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Legler?: Tim Legler, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Legler most common?: Wikidata records people named Legler in the United States.
Is the surname Legler getting more or less common?: More common. 1,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,699 in 2010, up 13%.