Legg Name Meaning: This name may derive from the Germanic name 'Leggr'or the old English word 'Legg',a nickname for someone with long legs.
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin & a variant of 'Leigh'. May also indicate someone who was a 'swift runner'.
Discover how your Legg ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 7 |
Buckinghamshire | 8 |
Berkshire | 137 |
Cambridgeshire | 12 |
Channel Islands | 71 |
Cheshire | 15 |
Cornwall | 88 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 25 |
Devon | 194 |
Dorset | 1,154 |
Durham | 192 |
Essex | 231 |
Gloucestershire | 167 |
Hampshire | 734 |
Herefordshire | 5 |
Hertfordshire | 21 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 6 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 124 |
Lancashire | 88 |
Leicestershire | 2 |
Lincolnshire | 1 |
London | 651 |
Middlesex | 218 |
Northumberland | 109 |
Norfolk | 9 |
Northamptonshire | 5 |
Nottinghamshire | 21 |
Oxfordshire | 35 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 6 |
Shropshire | 0 |
Suffolk | 6 |
Somerset | 288 |
Surrey | 362 |
Sussex | 187 |
Staffordshire | 98 |
Warwickshire | 63 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 186 |
Worcestershire | 30 |
Yorkshire | 203 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 3 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 197 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 89 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 612 |
Farm Labourer | 105 |
General Labourer | 60 |
General Servant (domestic) | 45 |
Private Means | 45 |
Dressmaker | 33 |
Domestic Servant | 28 |
Laundress | 27 |
Carter On Farm | 27 |
Scholar | 26 |
Labourer | 23 |
None | 23 |
Farmer | 22 |
Shop Assistant | 20 |
Carpenter | 20 |
Bricklayer | 19 |
House Painter | 19 |
Gardener Domestic | 18 |
At Home | 18 |
Labourer On Farm | 18 |
Cook (domestic) | 17 |
At School | 17 |
Clerk | 15 |
General Servant Domestic | 15 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 15 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Legg | 2,056 |
Mary Legg | 2,039 |
John Legg | 1,783 |
George Legg | 1,450 |
Elizabeth Legg | 1,426 |
Thomas Legg | 1,006 |
Sarah Legg | 940 |
Charles Legg | 876 |
James Legg | 847 |
Jane Legg | 710 |
Henry Legg | 697 |
Ann Legg | 689 |
Eliza Legg | 548 |
Frederick Legg | 514 |
Emma Legg | 465 |
Annie Legg | 459 |
Emily Legg | 436 |
Robert Legg | 433 |
Joseph Legg | 416 |
Alice Legg | 412 |
Ellen Legg | 397 |
Alfred Legg | 390 |
Arthur Legg | 356 |
Richard Legg | 337 |
Albert Legg | 331 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Legg | 100% | 33,862 |
2 | Legge | 80% | 8,480 |
3 | Lugg | 75% | 6,676 |
4 | Logg | 75% | 731 |
5 | Legh | 75% | 706 |
6 | Lagg | 75% | 475 |
7 | Leg | 75% | 417 |
8 | Ligg | 75% | 369 |
9 | Leggoe | 67% | 293 |
10 | Leggo | 80% | 260 |
11 | Ligge | 60% | 140 |
The surname Legg is the most popular version of all its varients