Glegan Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Glegan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 202 | 1:51,166 | 6,445 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Glegan Demographics
Glegan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Glegan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glegan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Glegan is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Glegan? popularity and diffusion
Glegan is the 1,163,787th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Glegan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Glegan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 51,166. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 49 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 37 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 6 percent reside. Beside Benin Glegan is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Glegan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glengan | 92 | 18 | / |
| Gleegan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gellegan | 86 | 268 | / |
| Gillegan | 86 | 20 | / |
| Gelengan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gilengan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gligan | 83 | 844 | / |
| Gilgan | 83 | 411 | / |
| Gülgan | 83 | 64 | / |
| Glogan | 83 | 29 | / |
| Glagan | 83 | 23 | / |
| Glegon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gylgan | 83 | 0 | / |
| Guillegan | 80 | 82 | / |
| Gellegane | 80 | 11 | / |
| Guellegan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gilleghan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gillengan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gelleghan | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gilleagan | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gelgand | 77 | 44 | / |
| Gillgan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Glaygan | 77 | 9 | / |
| Glligan | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gilgann | 77 | 3 | / |
| Glingan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gilhgan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gilgaan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gligand | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guelgan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gelgane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Glahgan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Glaghan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gilgant | 77 | 0 | / |
| Goelgan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gailgan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Glgam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gilligan | 71 | 15,112 | / |
| Gilingan | 71 | 219 | / |
| Gelligan | 71 | 60 | / |
| Gelingan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Gillagan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gloingan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gellagan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gillgain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gleghoon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gillogan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gelgon | 67 | 156 | / |
| Gilgon | 67 | 82 | / |
| Gillighan | 67 | 29 | / |
| Guilligan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Gelinggan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gilliagan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Guelligan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Glogon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gilgam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gillligan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gelleegam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gilligand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelligane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gillingan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ghilligan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gillaghan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gilligann | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gilligain | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gellighan | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Glegan
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