Leggen Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Leggen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Leggen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leggen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leggen is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leggen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Leggen is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Leggen are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Leggen is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Not including Germany Leggen exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.
Leggen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leggen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leggen surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Leggen
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