Legelege Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Legelege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Legelege Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Legelege Last Name Facts

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

Legelege is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Legelege click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Legelege? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Legelege live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 75 percent live and Lagos, where 25 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Legelege is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lgelige801/
Lagelage757/
Lage Lage711/
Lecheleche674/
Leselaise591/
Lagilagi50529/
Ligiligi503/
Lesilesi501/

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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 Legelege
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