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 occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Legesi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Legesi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 213,329. In Uganda Legesi is mostly found in: Pallisa District, where 84 percent live, Kibuku District, where 8 percent live and Budaka District, where 2 percent live. Beside Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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