Legitimo Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Italy

Legitimo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Legitimo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Legítimo (3) are calculated separately.

Legitimo (10) may also be a first name.

Legitimo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Legitimo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Legitimo (Russian: Легитимо) occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Legítimo. Click here for other possible spellings of Legitimo.

How Common Is The Last Name Legitimo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Legitimo live; 68 percent live in South America and 66 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename internationally, held by 10 people.

Legitimo is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 6,116,409. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Norte, where 57 percent reside, São Paulo, where 29 percent reside and Ceará, where 6 percent reside. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 30 percent reside and Chile, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legítimo963/
Legittimo94821/
Legitimos943/
Leggittimo896/
Legitima881/
Legitimas82569/
Legitema751/
Lejitimas7142/
Legetimas7120/
Ligitimas717/
Legitemas713/
Lejitemas591/
Legetemas591/
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Legitimo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Legitimo in the Russian language
Легитимоlegitimo-

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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 Legitimo
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