Legbanon Surname

289,472nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Legbanon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legbanon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1,3231:7,8121,075
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

The alternate forms: Légbanon (1) are calculated separately.

Legbanon (40) may also be a first name.

Legbanon Last Name Facts

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

Legbanon is most common in Benin. It may occur in the variant forms: Légbanon. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Legbanon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 289,472nd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,504,189 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Legbanon reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Legbanon is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.

The last name Legbanon is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 1,323 people, or 1 in 7,812. In Benin Legbanon is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 81 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 6 percent are found and Collines Department, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Légbanon961/
Legbannon9410/
Legbasnon941/
Lagbanon881/
Legbonon881/
Legbanom881/
Leguanan7510/
Logbanan751/
Ligbonon751/
Lagbenon751/
Lagbanan751/
Lecuanan6313/
Liguanan633/
Licuanon632/
Lekwanan631/
Licuanan504,114/
Licwanan502/
Likwanan501/
Liquanan501/

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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 Legbanon
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