The Legris Last Name

Legris appears in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic.

• From 1891 to 2000, 3,695 births in France were registered under Legris. There were 167 such births in the 1890s and 346 in the 1990s.
• Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Legris line back.
• Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Legris, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Legris coat of arms

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Legris family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Want more than a summary? See the Legris family name pack.