Gligor Surname

72,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Gligor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gligor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5,8041:3,459477
Moldova5031:7,0801,135
United States1761:2,059,426131,385
Serbia981:72,9086,463
Canada521:708,56956,910
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Israel401:213,94120,390
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Hungary141:701,16338,752
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Gligor (3,955) may also be a first name.

Gligor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gligor (Russian: Глигор) occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gligor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 72,115th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,065,275 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Gligor are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 92 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Gligor is also the 111,217th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 3,955 people.

The last name Gligor is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 5,804 people, or 1 in 3,459. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Alba County, where 20 percent live, Arad County, where 20 percent live and Sibiu County, where 14 percent live. Aside from Romania this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Gligor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gligor surname are 4.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gligor earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.18% more than the national average, earning $44,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.91% more than the national average, earning $56,595 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gligore92464/
Gligoor9216/
Glighour860/
Lingor83286/
Glegor8313/
Gligar830/
Lgor801/
Lingohr77153/
Linghor7728/
Glaigar771/
Glegore771/
Lingojr771/
Lingour770/
Lgour73136/
Linghour710/
Gilligar710/
Lingar67308/
Lengor6740/
Glugar6710/
Gilligard671/
Llgore671/
Lyngor671/
Guilligur670/
Gillighar670/
Linggar62600/
Glaygar6219/
Gleegar6213/
Lenggor623/
Glygaard579/
Gellegar570/
Gleggard570/
Geelehgar531/

Gligor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gligor in the Russian language
Глигорgligor-

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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 Gligor
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