Legess Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Legess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Legess (3,006) may also be a first name.
Legess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legess is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legess? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 268,560th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,015,517 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Legess live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Legess is also the 131,969th most common first name globally. It is borne by 3,006 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Apart from Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Legess
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