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 last name Legon (Russian: Легон) occurs most in Cuba. It can appear as a variant: Legoń or Legón. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Legon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 91,326th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,389,957 people. The last name Legon is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Legon are found; 38 percent are found in Caribbean and 38 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. Legon is also the 915,176th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 106 people.
The surname Legon is most commonly occurring in Cuba, where it is held by 2,007 people, or 1 in 5,741. In Cuba Legon is most numerous in: Ciego de Ávila Province, where 54 percent are found, Santiago de Cuba Province, where 19 percent are found and Havana, where 14 percent are found. Besides Cuba Legon occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 30 percent are found and Ghana, where 16 percent are found.
Legon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Legon has changed over time. 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 Legon are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for 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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