Laighe Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Laighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Laighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Laighe (Marathi: लैघे) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laighe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Laighe reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laighe in the Marathi language | ||
| लैघे | laighe | - |
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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 Laighe
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