Last Name LEDGER

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Meaning	The son of Leger. The final 'd' in some variants is common excrescence. St. Leger was a canonized priest of Chalons, the French form being Leguire. Another possible but not a very likely origin is 'le garfe,' the guard or keeper.

Origin	English, French, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank	13,480 (2000 US census)	10,203 (1990 US census)

Count	2,070 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.19%, or 1867 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.96%, or 82 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.11%, or 23 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 33 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.71%, or 56 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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