Legat surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Legat surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 162 people carried this name — #109,258 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 8% from 176 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 386 people named Legat.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Loire.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Loire 104
Haute-Loire 50
Nord 45
Paris 36
Pas-de-Calais 13
Rhône 12
Ille-et-Vilaine 11
Yvelines 9

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 321 people named Legat live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 302
Namur 9
Brussels-Capital 5
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

265 people named Legat have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 287 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

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Where they live today

Masovian 181
Łódź 28
Lower Silesian 24
Pomeranian 16
Silesian 11
Lesser Poland 3
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Legat,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartolomeo Legat
    Bartolomeo Legat 1807–1875 · Catholic priest
  • Bartolomeo Legat
    Bartolomeo Legat 1807–1875 · Catholic priest
  • Dragica Legat Košmerl
    Dragica Legat Košmerl 1883–1956 · composer
  • Hugh Legat d. 1427 · monk
  • Ernst Hartwig von Legat 1692–1759 · Landrat
  • Abraham Hartwig von Legat 1733– · Landrat

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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