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
The last name Leggen is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leggen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Leggen reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Leggen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.
Leggen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Leggen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leggen last name declined 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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