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

The Legris surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 201 people carried this name — #86,341 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,565 people named Legris.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Somme.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Somme 319
Seine-Maritime 214
Paris 190
Pas-de-Calais 153
Yvelines 64
Moselle 48
Oise 43
Marne 40

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Legris live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 14
Geneva 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Legris is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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