Legesi Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Legesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 183 | 1:213,329 | 16,733 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Legesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legesi is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legesi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. Legesi is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Legesi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 213,329. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 84 percent are found, Kibuku District, where 8 percent are found and Budaka District, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legese | 83 | 83,635 | / |
| Legisi | 83 | 405 | / |
| Legeji | 83 | 105 | / |
| Legegi | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ligesi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lesesi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Legesy | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lesiges | 77 | 18 | / |
| Leggese | 77 | 15 | / |
| Leggeji | 77 | 5 | / |
| Legeset | 77 | 2 | / |
| Liseges | 77 | 2 | / |
| Leseges | 77 | 2 | / |
| Leziges | 77 | 1 | / |
| Legesea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leegese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Legesey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Legesech | 71 | 16 | / |
| Legesesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leesesai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lesese | 67 | 1,622 | / |
| Ligege | 67 | 899 | / |
| Lisesi | 67 | 162 | / |
| Lesige | 67 | 140 | / |
| Lesege | 67 | 39 | / |
| Legege | 67 | 19 | / |
| Legise | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lesisi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Leeseesai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lesigi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lisege | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lesise | 67 | 2 | / |
| Legeje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ligisi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lezeji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ligegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesizi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesegi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Legesi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis