Eligen Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Eligen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eligen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Eligen (73) may also be a first name.

Eligen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Eligen is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Eligen.

How Common Is The Last Name Eligen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Eligen are found; 57 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 57 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Eligen is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held given name on earth. It is borne by 73 people.

Eligen is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 25,309,556. In The Philippines it is most common in: Davao Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Poland, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eliguen9236/
Yeligen9214/
Heligen925/
Heyligen86558/
Gelligen869/
Heiligen865/
Helligen860/
Elizen83123/
Elisen83103/
Iligen8353/
Eligön8348/
Oligen8322/
Aligen8312/
Eligin835/
Elegen835/
Elicen831/
Elijen831/
Heylighen80123/
Heijligen8035/
Yelegen77850/
Gelegen77644/
Aligaen77432/
Illigen77244/
Elijzen77183/
Ellisen77163/
Eliesen77129/
Eleguen77103/
Elgezen7748/
Eliguin7725/
Elegien7714/
Elijean775/
Elegent773/
Elaigne773/
Elisien773/
Yeligin772/
Ellizen772/
Ellicen772/
Hiligen771/
Hyligen771/
Eloigne771/
Elijsen771/
Elizhen771/
Helizen771/
Holigen770/
Giligen770/
Helegen770/
Ellugen770/
Ellegen770/
Heijlighen7514/
Align732/
Elisn732/
Olign731/
Elijn731/
Elesn731/
Elliesen7144/
Hellisen7115/
Elliezen7111/
Hilligen718/
Halligen717/
Elleizen715/
Gilligen714/
Ajlligen712/
Ellijean711/
Heylegen711/
Hellegen710/
Ailligen710/
Elesin672,645/
Helliesen67345/
Elicin67227/
Helleisen67166/
Elesyn67109/
Elisin6797/
Elegenova6767/
Ilisen6766/
Ölegen6763/
Elegin6760/
Elygin6750/
Elesen6749/
Hilligenn6737/
Elyzen6723/
Alegen6718/
Elecin6716/
Gejlichen6712/
Elejin679/
Elhegn678/
Elezin677/
Aligin675/
Elisenque675/
Iligin674/
Ellisn673/
Oligin673/
Illign671/
Elugin671/
Olegen671/
Ilijen671/
Elejen671/
Alihgn671/
Eilisn671/
Elezen671/
Gillighen670/
Hillighen670/

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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
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  • 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 Eligen
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