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) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Legas is the 153,300th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,540,985 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Legas live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 48,879th most commonly held first name globally, held by 13,893 people.
Legas is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Apart from Ethiopia Legas occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Legas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Legas last name are 6.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.13% being registered to vote for the 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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