The Legare surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,326 people carried this name — #20,139 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,210 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Legare.
Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nièvre.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Legare,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hugh Swinton Legare 1863–1941
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Edgar Legare Pennington 1891–1951 · church historian
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Bailie Peyton Legare, III 1948–1970
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Simon Legare 1989– · Canadian football player
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Gwenaelle Legare 1994– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Legare.
- Lefrancois 785 · U.S. census
- Lega 210 · U.S. census
- Legagneur 234 · U.S. census
- Legal 196 · U.S. census
- Legall 397 · U.S. census
- Legard 374 · U.S. census
- Legat 162 · U.S. census
- Legate 890 · U.S. census
- Legault 1,874 · U.S. census
- Legay 112 · U.S. census
- Lege 804 · U.S. census
- Legendre 1,860 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Legare is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.