Legbe Surname
Approximately 1,442 people bear this surname
Legbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 816 | 1:217,087 | 12,866 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 245 | 1:94,168 | 4,936 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Legbe (947) may also be a first name.
Legbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legbe is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Legbe.
How Common Is The Last Name Legbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 270,454th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,053,777 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Legbe are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 262,555th most frequent first name globally, borne by 947 people.
Legbe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 816 people, or 1 in 217,087. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 55 percent reside, Lagos, where 24 percent reside and Delta, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legbea | 91 | 48 | / |
| Legbei | 91 | 40 | / |
| Legbeu | 91 | 12 | / |
| Legbeh | 91 | 3 | / |
| Legbey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Leghbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Leegbeh | 83 | 21 | / |
| Leugbeu | 83 | 16 | / |
| Legbeih | 83 | 15 | / |
| Leigber | 83 | 9 | / |
| Leigbeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Legba | 80 | 4,494 | / |
| Legue | 80 | 2,902 | / |
| Ligbe | 80 | 824 | / |
| Lagbe | 80 | 411 | / |
| Logbe | 80 | 96 | / |
| Legwe | 80 | 31 | / |
| Legbi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lygbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leigbeih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leigue | 73 | 3,247 | / |
| Llegue | 73 | 1,197 | / |
| Leygue | 73 | 577 | / |
| League | 73 | 315 | / |
| Leguey | 73 | 134 | / |
| Legbaa | 73 | 84 | / |
| Laagbe | 73 | 53 | / |
| Leggue | 73 | 44 | / |
| Ligbet | 73 | 43 | / |
| Leguee | 73 | 42 | / |
| Legwes | 73 | 34 | / |
| Legoue | 73 | 24 | / |
| Leguei | 73 | 21 | / |
| Legbai | 73 | 19 | / |
| Legbay | 73 | 17 | / |
| Ligbeu | 73 | 13 | / |
| Legueh | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hlagbe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ligbei | 73 | 10 | / |
| Lagbeu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Laigbe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Logbee | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lagbeh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Logbeu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Logbea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lesgue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leegba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leigwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Legvee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leguea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Legweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lagbea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lighbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liagbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lagbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekgue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leagwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leghbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leagby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leegue | 73 | 0 | / |
| Legver | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leghbeitt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leagbay | 67 | 24 | / |
| Legoues | 67 | 8 | / |
| Legouez | 67 | 7 | / |
| Legouet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Legouee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ligbeid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leingue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leiguei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hloigbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leegbaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leigbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leugbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legouer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legbaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lahagbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhigbee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leaguea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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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 Legbe
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