Legang Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Legang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Legang (2,822) may also be a first name.
Legang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Legang is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Legang live; 54 percent live in Southeast Asia and 54 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 137,190th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,822 people.
The last name Legang is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent are found and West Region, where 9 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Legang is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 21 percent are found.
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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 Legang
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