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
The surname Legang occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Legang are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Legang is also the 137,190th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,822 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Legang is most common in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent are found and West Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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