The Legay surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 103 people carried this name — #147,095 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,242 people named Legay.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 29

Pas-de-Calais 703

Seine-Maritime 352

Puy-de-Dôme 308

Paris 253

Creuse 141

Somme 112

Sarthe 112

Eure 112

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 44 people named Legay 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 44

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

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