Legge is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Legge
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Legge

How popular is Legge?

Legge is common in Australia.

Legge is ranked 39013 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Legges plummeted by 4.874715 per cent to 2088 since 2000 and slipped by 1481 spots and ranked at 14332. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.05 94.26
Black 2.78 1.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.39 1.78
Others 1.58 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.81 0.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.23
Legge is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 12573 people have been found who wears Legge as their family name. Legge is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,206 Trinidad and Tobago8
10,542 China4
2,444 Sudan3
2,967 Vietnam3
6,270 Hong Kong3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
21,529 Singapore2
6,266 Luxembourg2
1,777 Jersey2
91,784 Netherlands2
89,020 Tanzania2
95,312 Argentina2
4,086 Angola2
8,181 Botswana1
1,818 Guernsey1
30,360 Thailand1
17,236 Ghana1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
4,249 Cambodia1
29,774 Venezuela1
56,169 Mexico1
16,283 Lithuania1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
29,046 Japan1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
9,498 Iceland1
13,447 Uganda1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
80,054 Spain18
393,760 Indonesia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
26,687 Belgium59
5,846 Ireland55
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Legge:
13,209 South Africa475
1,591 Scotland459
24,436 Italy403
1,062 Wales373
28,238 Germany370
13,426 Kenya314
3,014 New Zealand253
1,439 Northern Ireland191
Countries with thousands of Legge:
12,792 United States2,730
2,906 England2,646
1,928 Canada2,611
2,305 Australia1,346
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Weaver Michele Legge from Lusilie, Italy aboard the La Touraine from Havre. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in Illinois on August 28, 1898.

Legge Namesakes

  • George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, Earl of Dartmouth
  • Anthony James Leggett, Physics researcher
  • Harry Legge-Bourke, British Politician
  • Walter Legge, Record Producer
  • Boise De Legge, Actor
  • Harry Legge-Bourke, British Politician
  • Tiggy Legge-Bourke, Nanny
  • John Leggett, Writer
  • William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth, Earl of Dartmouth
  • Tiggy Legge-Bourke, Nanny

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