Legesse Surname
Approximately 149,856 people bear this surname
Legesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 149,228 | 1:654 | 99 |
| United States | 419 | 1:865,057 | 65,721 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Legesse (275,812) may also be a first name.
Legesse Demographics
Average Legesse Salary in
United States
$36,821 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Legesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legesse (Russian: Легессе) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Legesse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legesse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,748th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,630 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Legesse are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,809th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 275,812 people.
The surname Legesse is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 149,228 people, or 1 in 654. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Legesse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Legesse are 43% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Legesse earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 27.02% less than the national average, earning 252,561 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.67% less than the national average, earning $36,821 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.77% less than the national average, earning $37,875 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legesse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legesse in the Russian language | ||
| Легессе | legesse | - |
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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
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- 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 Legesse
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