Legiya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Legiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Legiya (116) may also be a first name.
Legiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Legiya (Hindi: लेगिया) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Legiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Legiya is the 3,798,600th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Legiya reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Legiya is also the 868,627th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 116 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legiya in the Hindi language | ||
| लेगिया | legiya | - |
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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
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- 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 Legiya
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