Legkaya Surname
Approximately 675 people bear this surname
Legkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 529 | 1:272,444 | 28,390 |
| Belarus | 105 | 1:90,486 | 14,099 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Legkaya Demographics
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Legkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Legkaya (Russian: Легкая) is found most frequently in Russia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Legkaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 490,615th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Legkaya live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 529 people, or 1 in 272,444. In Russia Legkaya is most frequent in: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 17 percent are found, Rostov Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Moscow, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Russia this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 16 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.
Legkaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (94%) in Belarus and Orthodox (96%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Legkaya surname are 18.54% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 65.31% being registered to vote for the political party.
Legkaya earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.6% less than the national average, earning $36,850 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legkaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legkaya in the Russian language | ||
| Легкая | legkaa | - |
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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 Legkaya
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