The Legros surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,648 people carried this name — #17,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 1,476 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Legros surname
A surname from Norman.
From le gros (“the large one”), of Norman origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Legros» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,299 people named Legros.
130 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 1,543 people named Legros 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
54 people named Legros live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Legros,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Legros 1739–1793 · composer -
Joseph Legros 1739–1793 · composer -
Sauveur Legros 1754–1834 · painter -
Athanase Legros 1784–1846 · politician -
Alexandre-Éloy Legros 1812–1889 · politician -
Legros de Rumigny 1710–1770 · hairdresser
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Legros.
- Lego 936 · U.S. census
- Legoff 195 · U.S. census
- Legon 194 · U.S. census
- Legrand 5,413 · U.S. census
- Legree 760 · U.S. census
- Legris 174 · U.S. census
- Legue 221 · U.S. census
- Lehe 118 · U.S. census
- Lehman 32,180 · U.S. census
- Lehmann 8,799 · U.S. census
- Lehn 1,448 · U.S. census
- Lehnen 658 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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