Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
LEDGER
There are approximately 5,233 people named Ledger in the UK. That makes it the 2,012nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 83 are named Ledger.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Occupational Name
Related and similar surnames
LedgardLegard
Ledgar
Leadger
Ledgere
Ledgers
Leddger
Laedger
Ledgear
Ledgeer
Ladger
Ledgery
Ledgerd
Ledgert
Ledgars
Laejer
Ladgery
Ladgar
Ledgger
Ledgeard
Ledgerway
Ledgerly
The Ledger surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
LEDGER. " The very business-like name of Ledger may not improbaljly be a corruption of Ludegar, the name of a warlike king of the Saxons in the Nibelungen Lied." Ferguson. 2. A more probable derivation is from the Fr. legcr, light, swift, nimble. 3. The most probable of all is from the Norman St. Leger, with the omission of the prefix.