Legueh Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Legueh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Legueh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Legueh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Legueh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻜﻪ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Legueh.
How Common Is The Last Name Legueh? popularity and diffusion
Legueh is the 5,587,209th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Legueh is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Legueh are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found and Mauritania, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Legueh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Legueh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻜﻪ | allkh | - |
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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 Legueh
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