Last Name LEGGETT

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Meaning	Local: At the lidgate. Also, 'the legate,' an ambassador, a commissioner. From Old French 'legat.'

Origin	English, Irish, Creole, South african, Guam

Rank	2,678 (2000 US census)	2,311 (1990 US census)

Count	12,406 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.17%, or 8953 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.6%, or 3052 total occurrences, as black,
0.24%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.43%, or 53 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.26%, or 156 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.3%, or 161 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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