Legazpe Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Legazpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legazpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1101:425,01922,707
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Legazpe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Legazpe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Legazpe is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Legazpe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Legazpe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Legazpe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Legazpe are found; 83 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 425,019. In Spain it is most frequent in: Madrid, where 36 percent are found, Castilla-La Mancha, where 30 percent are found and Catalonia, where 14 percent are found. Not including Spain this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 15 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legape9220/
Legazpi86774/
Legaspe86713/
Legazpy8623/
Legap831/
Legazzpi8016/
Legaspie807/
Legazppy806/
Legazpiz801/
Legauper801/
Legapi77117/
Legasp7712/
Leugap771/
Legaspi7179,069/
Legaspy71255/
Ligaspe7191/
Lagaspe712/
Lesgapi712/
Legacpy711/
Ligazpi711/
Legaspa711/
Legacpi711/
Legapaa711/
Ligap6736/
Leagaspi6713/
Legasppy676/
Legab676/
Laegaspi673/
Legaspiz672/
Lesgaspi672/
Legaspip671/
Legaspio671/
Legaaspi671/
Loegaspi671/
Lagaspie671/
Legaspii671/
Ligaspie671/
Lekgapha671/

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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
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  • 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 Legazpe
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