Caligayan Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Caligayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Caligayan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1451:698,19571,110
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Caligayan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Caligayan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Caligayan is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caligayan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. Caligayan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Caligayan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 698,195. In The Philippines Caligayan is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 61 percent live, National Capital Region, where 18 percent live and Cagayan Valley, where 14 percent live. Apart from The Philippines Caligayan exists in one country. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caligoyan894/
Kaligayan891/
Saligayan891/
Caligayon891/
Kaligayahn841/
Saligoyan7885/
Kalugayan784/
Calegain7110/
Saligean711/
Khaleghiyan601/
Saligoin5926/
Kalegain597/
Salegean594/
Kalugean591/
Jaligoun591/
Colegain590/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Caligayan
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