Legaba Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
South Africa

Legaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Legaba (8) may also be a first name.

Legaba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Legaba is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Legaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Legaba live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Legaba is also the 4,213,784th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 8 people.

The surname Legaba is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 97,546,262. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekgaba92259/
Ligaba832,586/
Legawa83904/
Legabe83449/
Legoba83127/
Legabi8330/
Lagaba8329/
Legabo832/
Legeba831/
Lekgabe77357/
Lekgoba77327/
Legaiwa7752/
Legabui7732/
Legasbi7731/
Lokgaba7722/
Leghoba7712/
Lekgabo774/
Legavha774/
Ligasba773/
Legasby773/
Legawas772/
Lekgabi772/
Lekgawa772/
Legaiva771/
Lagabay771/
Leghabe771/
Lagabai771/
Ligabai771/
Lighaba771/
Ligaboa771/
Lekgauwa7147/
Leigaber7118/
Lagabhai7110/
Lekgoeba718/
Leigavat716/
Lighabai711/
Lagahaba711/
Legachva711/
Ligabo67723/
Ligawa67388/
Legobe67251/
Ligoba67123/
Legobo6763/
Laghabhai6755/
Legova6733/
Legave6727/
Logabo6723/
Logeba6718/
Legobi6717/
Ligabò6711/
Lagabo6711/
Lagoba677/
Legowa675/
Ligabi674/
Ligabô673/
Leihgaber673/
Logoba672/
Legebo671/
Ligeba671/
Legawo671/
Ligabó671/
Ligabe671/
Legavy671/
Ligava671/

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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 Legaba
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