Legas Surname
Approximately 2,868 people bear this surname
Legas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Philippines | 250 | 1:404,953 | 51,672 |
| United States | 227 | 1:1,596,735 | 107,304 |
| Transnistria | 109 | 1:4,355 | 761 |
| Russia | 78 | 1:1,847,731 | 118,322 |
| Taiwan | 66 | 1:355,223 | 2,819 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 1:379,324 | 17,382 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
Legas (13,893) may also be a first name.
Legas Demographics
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Legas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legas (Russian: Легась) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 153,300th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,540,985 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Legas are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Legas is also the 48,879th most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 13,893 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Beside Ethiopia this surname occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Legas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Legas last name are 6.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.13% registered with the political party.
Legas earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.7% more than the national average, earning $56,397 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legas in the Russian language | ||
| Легась | legas | - |
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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 Legas
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