Legien Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Legien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 145 | 1:555,210 | 45,787 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Legień (285) & Legieñ (1) are calculated separately.
Legien (18) may also be a first name.
Legien Demographics
Average Legien Salary in
Canada
$37,661 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Legien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legien occurs most in Germany. It can be found as: Legień or Legieñ. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legien? popularity and diffusion
The surname Legien is the 1,310,135th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. Legien is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Legien live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe. Legien is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 555,210. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 21 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found. Barring Germany Legien exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Legien Last Name Statistics demography
Legien earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 24.2% less than the national average, earning $37,661 CAD per year.
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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 Legien
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