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

The Leger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,221 people carried this name — #3,497 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,900 people counted. That is up 11% from 9,211 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 11,688 people named Leger.

145 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 145
Paris 1,239
Seine-Maritime 634
Cher 524
Haute-Vienne 437
Loiret 374
Saône-et-Loire 362
Charente 350
Marne 329

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

284 people named Leger live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 142
Geneva 52
Vaud 26
Neuchâtel 19
Zurich 18
Fribourg 12
Jura 9
Basel-Landschaft 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 86 people named Leger 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 51
West Flanders 10
Flemish Brabant 7
Luxembourg Province 7
Brussels-Capital 6
East Flanders 5

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 75 people named Leger live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 34
Santa Fe 21
Formosa 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Leger in American newspapers,
1899–1920.

Newspaper page from Eagle River Review carrying the name Leger
Eagle River Review 1899-07-27
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Leger
The Salt Lake Tribune 1909-02-14
Newspaper page from Der Sonntagsbote Und Der Seebote carrying the name Leger
Der Sonntagsbote Und Der Seebote 1920-04-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,032 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Leger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karel Leger
    Karel Leger 1859–1934 · writer
  • Fernand Léger
    Fernand Léger 1881–1955 · screenwriter
  • Thomas Leger d. 1468 · Catholic priest
  • Karel Leger d. 1965
  • Cyriacus Leger 1506– · preacher
  • Anthony Saint Leger 1551–1603

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

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Surnames next to Leger.

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