Legan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Legan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Legan

How popular is Legan?

Legan is common in United States.

Legan is ranked 126738 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Legans plummeted by 2.979516 per cent to 1042 since 2000 and slipped by 1767 spots and ranked at 24137. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.46 93.3
Black 4.22 2.98
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.3
Others 0.77 0.74
Legan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Slovenia. Around 3127 people have been found who wears Legan as their family name. Legan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
59,967 Moldova4
15,591 Burkina Faso2
89,020 Tanzania2
131,225 Spain2
19,810 Croatia1
24,771 Colombia1
153,416 Italy1
17,236 Ghana1
3,586 Honduras1
24,421 Slovakia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
24,176 Qatar1
31,207 Ireland1
2,024 Mongolia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
133,639 Canada18
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
88,990 Indonesia91
117,149 France73
56,298 England65
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Legan:
9,886 Poland621
1,949 Slovenia220
27,053 Ukraine203
59,024 Germany168
89,814 Russia135
12,355 Belarus120
Countries with thousands of Legan:
23,748 United States1,308
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martin Legan worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on March 6, 1849. Mrs Legan (30), Batty Legan (10), 8 years old William Legan, 6 years old Bridget Legan, 21 years old John Legan, Workman Daniel Legan, Mary Legan, aged 50, Workman Michael Legan, and 3 other Legan around 85.71% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Legan Namesakes

  • Cecilie Leganger, Handball Player
  • Cecilie Leganger, Handball Player
  • Dagmāra Legante, Actress
  • Barth Oline Eufemia ("Effi") Leganger, Arnulf Øverland's ex-wife
  • Cecilie Leganger, Handball Player
  • Diego Felipez de Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Leganés, Politician
  • Barth Oline Eufemia ("Effi") Leganger, Arnulf Øverland's ex-wife

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