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
The surname Legny is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,091,648th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Legny occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Legny are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 144 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 288,390. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 98 percent reside, Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast it is found in one country. It is also found in Hungary, where 1 percent reside.
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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