Ledgeway Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ledgeway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ledgeway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1061:525,64232,946
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234

Ledgeway Last Name Facts

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

Ledgeway is most common in England. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Ledgeway click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ledgeway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ledgeway is the 1,765,740th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Ledgeway is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ledgeway reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 525,642. In England it is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 48 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 17 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 12 percent are found. Outside of England this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Wales, where 1 percent are found.

Ledgeway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ledgeway has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Ledgeway surname rose 663 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leadgeway944/
Lodgeway880/
Ledewa86319/
Legewa8626/
Ledgewi800/
Lejewa7151/
Lesewa7141/
Legiwa7141/
Lezewa7121/
Legeby7110/
Ledeva717/
Ledeby715/
Ledeba713/
Legewe712/
Legeba711/
Lidewy711/
Ledjebaye711/
Lejdeby6723/
Ledeeva6711/
Leedeva674/
Leggewe672/
Ledewer671/
Leudiwa671/
Leseewa671/
Lhediwa671/
Ledieva671/
Lejewad671/
Lesewad671/
Ledyeva671/

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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 Ledgeway
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