Legaspi
surname · Latin script
Meaning: topographic name from Basque le(g)a ‘gravel’, ‘pebble’ -I- azpi ‘lower part’, or habitational name from a place called Legazpi in Gipuzkoa
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Legaspi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country, where it is the 54th most common surname.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 6.8K
- CACanada≈1 in 64K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 263 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈77,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
topographic name from Basque le(g)a ‘gravel’, ‘pebble’ -I- azpi ‘lower part’, or habitational name from a place called Legazpi in Gipuzkoa.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Legaspi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #54 | ≈77,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Legaspi | 143 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Legaspi | 10 |
| US United States | — | 3,520 | 1 in 95K | 3.8K | Legaspi | 263 |
| AO Angola | #668 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Legaspi | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Legaspi | 86 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Legaspi | 31 |
| TT Trinidad & Tobago | #960 | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Legaspi | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Legaspi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bik, Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, pilsēta Filipīnās, Bikolas reģiona administratīvais centrs, zvejas osta Lusonas salas dienvidaustrumu krastā, 196600 iedzīvotāju (2015. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alcira Legaspib. 1914UYUruguayan author (1914-2010)
- Leonardo Legaspib. 1935PHCatholic Bishop (1935–2014)
- Alejandro Legaspib. 1948UYUruguayan filmmaker (born 1948)
- Celeste Legaspib. 1950PHFilipino singer and stage actress
- José Legaspib. 1964UYUruguayan writer
- Zoren Legaspib. 1972PHFilipino actor and television director
- Julián Legaspib. 1973UYPeruvian actor
- Leonylene Legaspib. 2001PHbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.8K | #8,261 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.5K | #9,251 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.5K | #11,449 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Legaspi mean, and where does it come from?
- topographic name from Basque le(g)a ‘gravel’, ‘pebble’ -I- azpi ‘lower part’, or habitational name from a place called Legazpi in Gipuzkoa. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Legaspi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 77 thousand people named Legaspi in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled legaspi.
- How common is the name Legaspi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,520 people named Legaspi in 2010, about 1 in 95 thousand residents.
- How common is Legaspi compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Legaspi is the 54th most common surname of 876,464 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/legaspiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Legaspi” — the 54th most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.