Legon Surname
Approximately 5,243 people bear this surname
Legon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 2,007 | 1:5,741 | 635 |
| Venezuela | 1,590 | 1:18,996 | 1,401 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| England | 255 | 1:218,502 | 18,526 |
| United States | 249 | 1:1,455,658 | 99,719 |
| Belgium | 108 | 1:106,450 | 16,004 |
| Argentina | 42 | 1:1,017,700 | 63,321 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 130 | 1:386,298 | 28,876 |
The alternate forms: Legoń (17) & Legón (15) are calculated separately.
Legon (106) may also be a first name.
Legon Demographics
Legon Political Affiliation
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Legon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legon (Russian: Легон) is most common in Cuba. It can appear as: Legoń or Legón. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 91,326th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,389,957 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Legon live; 38 percent live in Caribbean and 38 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. Legon is also the 915,176th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 106 people.
It is most frequently used in Cuba, where it is held by 2,007 people, or 1 in 5,741. In Cuba it is mostly found in: Ciego de Ávila Province, where 54 percent reside, Santiago de Cuba Province, where 19 percent reside and Havana, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Cuba this surname exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 30 percent reside and Ghana, where 16 percent reside.
Legon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Legon has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Legon last name rose 729 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 192 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Legon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Legon surname are 23.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.47% being registered with the political party.
The amount Legon earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.86% less than the national average, earning $36,738 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.11% more than the national average, earning $52,222 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legon in the Russian language | ||
| Легон | legon | - |
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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 Legon
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