Geligan Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Geligan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Geligan (10) may also be a first name.
Geligan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geligan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geligan is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geligan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Geligan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Geligan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Geligan is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 10 people.
Geligan is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 2,354,377. In The Philippines Geligan is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 95 percent are found, Cagayan Valley, where 2 percent are found and Western Visayas, where 2 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines it exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Geligan
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