Legue

surname · Latin script

Meaning: inflection of legar:

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/leɣe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Legue is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Chile than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 231K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 137K

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.

Chile (inferred from the name graph)

≈510 people, est.

Sources
29 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

inflection of legar:

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Legue 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.

Where Legue is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CL Chile≈510 est.≈1 in 36K1Legue29
FR France≈500 est.≈1 in 137K55——
US United States2211 in 1.5M244Legue10
AR Argentina1971 in 231K197Legue23
CI Côte d’Ivoire≈140 est.≈1 in 202K209——
CA Canada≈120 est.≈1 in 305K—Legue2

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: SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Legue is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Netherlands

    Also written Legué, Légué, Lègue

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Legué, Leguë

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Legué, Légué

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lèguè

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Legue,Dear Legue, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Legue,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Legue
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000244#73,931
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020233#86,153
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010221#84,748
CI Côte d’Ivoirenomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies—209#2,028
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—197—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941105—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196194—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197191—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192191—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195184—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193174—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198170—

Reference works 1

  • 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 Legue mean, and where does it come from?
inflection of legar: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Legue?
A machine transcription gives /leɣe/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Legue have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 508 people named Legue in Chile, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled legue.
How common is the name Legue?
In the United States, the national register counted 221 people named Legue in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.

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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, “Legue”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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