Legny Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Legny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 80 | 1:288,390 | 10,979 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Legny (144) may also be a first name.
Legny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Legny occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legny? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Legny reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 144 people.
Legny is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 288,390. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 98 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 1 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it is found in one country. It is also common in Hungary, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legney | 91 | 1 | / |
| Leigny | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ligny | 80 | 567 | / |
| Legna | 80 | 226 | / |
| Legni | 80 | 106 | / |
| Legne | 80 | 37 | / |
| Leighney | 77 | 0 | / |
| Legner | 73 | 1,844 | / |
| Legnes | 73 | 189 | / |
| Ligney | 73 | 157 | / |
| Lignay | 73 | 80 | / |
| Legnis | 73 | 34 | / |
| Legnér | 73 | 7 | / |
| Leigne | 73 | 5 | / |
| Leigné | 73 | 4 | / |
| Leugni | 73 | 3 | / |
| Leagni | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leghna | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leygne | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leghni | 73 | 2 | / |
| Legnet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luigny | 73 | 1 | / |
| Legnie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leghne | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leagne | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leugne | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leigner | 67 | 50 | / |
| Legenne | 67 | 40 | / |
| Leignez | 67 | 22 | / |
| Leignes | 67 | 10 | / |
| Legnnis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legness | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legneit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legneid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legnech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leggner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luigney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leughne | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lessgne | 67 | 0 | / |
| Legnist | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Legny
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