Legessa Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Legessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Legessa (4,510) may also be a first name.
Legessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Legessa is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legessa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Legessa is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Legessa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 102,456th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 4,510 people.
Legessa is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Legessa
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