Legon is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Legon
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

The lastname Legon is variant of Liggins. Descendant of little Lig, a pet form of Ligulf meaning "spear shaft, wolf".

A form of Ligonier. Of French extraction. The brothers Francis and John Ligonier, entered the English army, and the latter was made a knight banneret under the royal standard at the battle of Dettingen, in 1742, and was afterwards raised to the peerage as Lord Ligonier.

How popular is Legon?

Legon is common in Cuba, Venezuela, Ghana, England, United States, Belgium.

Legon is ranked 91296 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Legons plummeted by 6.28 per cent to 194 since 2000 and slipped by 10001 spots and ranked at 94311. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 41.24 50.72
Hispanic or Latino 40.72 30.43
Black 16.49 17.87
Legon is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cuba which signifies that it is originated from Cuba. Around 5244 people have been found who wears Legon as their family name. Legon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Legon:
635 Cuba2,007
1,401 Venezuela1,590
Countries with hundreds of Legon:
3,831 Ghana831
18,526 England255
99,706 United States249
16,004 Belgium108
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,321 Argentina42
171,237 France32
292,169 Russia18
133,872 Canada17
61,567 Spain17
184,366 Philippines16
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
460,137 Indonesia9
440,995 Brazil7
109,517 Papua New Guinea7

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