Leganme Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Leganme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 121 | 1:85,418 | 10,024 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Léganmè (1) are calculated separately.
Leganme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leganme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leganme is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Léganmè. Click here to see other possible spellings of Leganme.
How Common Is The Last Name Leganme? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leganme is the 1,637,889th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Leganme live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 85,418. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 52 percent live, Zou Department, where 32 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 5 percent live. Besides Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leganmey | 93 | 5 | / |
| Léganmè | 90 | 1 | / |
| Loueganme | 88 | 4 | / |
| Leganimeu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Legamme | 86 | 2 | / |
| Liganme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leganhom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loganm | 77 | 2 | / |
| Liganm | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loganhume | 75 | 8 | / |
| Laganmi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Leghnem | 71 | 4 | / |
| Laconme | 71 | 3 | / |
| L Ganem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekanam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lghanem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekanmo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekanama | 67 | 27 | / |
| Leguiñam | 67 | 20 | / |
| Leghnimi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lekanamo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Laghanam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leccanma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louganmi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legghomme | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ligamm | 62 | 2 | / |
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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 Leganme
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