Legard Family History

Legard Surname Meaning

English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English male or female personal name Legard (Old French Legard from ancient Germanic Leudgard Liudgard or its female equivalent Leudgarda Liudgarda). These derive from the elements leud ‘people’ + gard ‘protective enclosure yard’.

French: metonymic occupational name for a gardener or status name for someone who owned garden a variant of Gard with fused masculine definite article le.

Compare also Alligood.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Lenard, Dugard, Agard, Leonard, Lessard, Legrand, Seward, Henard, Legare, Logar

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559	Military Records
561	Immigration Records
4K	Census and Voter Lists
21K	Member Trees

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Where is the Legard family from?

You can see how Legard families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Legard family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Legard families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 48 Legard families living in Yorkshire. This was about 43% of all the recorded Legard's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Legard families in 1891.

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What did your Legard ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Farm worker and Unpaid domestic duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Legard. 50% of Legard men worked as a Farm worker and 70% of Legard women worked as an Unpaid domestic duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Legard were Private means and Private means.

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Farm worker

50%

Private means

50%

Unpaid domestic duties

70%

Private means

31%

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Census Record

There are 4K census records available for the last name Legard. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Legard census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 561 immigration records available for the last name Legard. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Military Records

There are 559 military records available for the last name Legard. For the veterans among your Legard ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Legard lifespan?

Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Legard life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1975, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Legard in 1957 was 59, and 73 in 2004.

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Legard Surname Meaning

French: metonymic occupational name for a gardener or status name for someone who owned garden a variant of Gard with fused masculine definite article le.

Compare also Alligood.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Legard family from?

What did your Legard ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farm worker

50%

Private means

50%

Unpaid domestic duties

70%

Private means

31%

What Legard family records will you find?

What is the average Legard lifespan?

Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Legard life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1975, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Legard in 1957 was 59, and 73 in 2004.

Legard Family History

Legard Surname Meaning

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Legard Surname Meaning

33,000 record(s) for Legard

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Where is the Legard family from?

What did your Legard ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1939

Top Female Occupations In 1939

What Legard family records will you find?

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Passenger List

Military Records

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What is the average Legard lifespan?

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