Legai Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Legai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 62 | 1:475,713 | 24,024 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Legai (74) may also be a first name.
Legai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legai (Marathi: लेगई, Oriya: େଲଗଇ) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Legai is the 1,504,764th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. Legai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Legai live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 45 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Legai is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 74 people.
The last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 475,713. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 100 percent live. Besides Malaysia it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in France, where 16 percent live and Belgium, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲଗଇ | elaga'i | - |
| Legai in the Marathi language | ||
| लेगई | lega'i | - |
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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 Legai
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