Legoff History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Legoff family

The surname Legoff was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France where this celebrated family held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Legoff family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Legoff research. Another 202 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1450, 1463, 1510, 1595, 1600, 1627, 1631 and 1737 are included under the topic Early Legoff History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Legoff Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Goux, Goût, Legoux, Legoût, Le Goux, Le Goût, Gou, Gout, Legou, Legout, Le Gou, Le Gout, Gough, Le Gough, Goute, Gouws and many more.

Early Notables of the Legoff family

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Legoff Ranking

France, the name Legoff is the 2,498^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Legoff migration to the United States +

Legoff Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jean LeGoff, who landed in America in 1885 2

Legoff Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Francois LeGoff, aged 24, who settled in America from Sedan, France, in 1912
Francisque LeGoff, aged 29, who landed in America from Bordeaux, in 1917
Etiene LeGoff, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1919
Felix LeGoff, who immigrated to America from Cotes du Nord, Francaise, in 1919
Ferdinand Legoff, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1919
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Contemporary Notables of the name Legoff (post 1700) +

Jacques Le Goff (1924-2014), French historian and author who specialized in the Middle Ages

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)