Legbedze Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Legbedze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legbedze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889

Legbedze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Legbedze is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Legbedze? popularity and diffusion

The last name Legbedze is the 564,325th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. Legbedze occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Legbedze are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Legbedze is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Without taking into account Ghana Legbedze is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legbeze9335/
Leghbeche711/
Legwezi671/
Legweche631/
Ligbetse631/
Leghweizi591/
Legweidsi591/
Lequize533/
Ligbazi531/
Loghbizi502/
Lekweizi501/

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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 Legbedze
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