Legraa Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Legraa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 122 | 1:33,564 | 2,716 |
| Algeria | 97 | 1:398,263 | 33,998 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Legraa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legraa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legraa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻜﺮﻉ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Legraa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Legraa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,108,016th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Legraa are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 33,564. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Tagant Region, where 27 percent live, Brakna Region, where 20 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 44 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legraa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legraa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻜﺮﻉ | lkr | 82.93 |
| ﻟﻘﺮﻉ | lqr | 9.76 |
| ﺍﻻﻛﺮﻉ | alakr | 2.44 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺮﻉ | alkyr | 2.44 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻉ | alkr | 2.44 |
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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 Legraa
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