Legiest Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Legiest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 68 | 1:169,068 | 23,042 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Legiest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legiest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Legiest is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legiest? popularity and diffusion
Legiest is the 2,293,424th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Legiest occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Legiest are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Legiest is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 169,068. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Belgium this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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 Legiest
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