Leiga Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Leiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 76 | 1:39,929 | 6,717 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Leiga (45) may also be a first name.
Leiga Demographics
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Leiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leiga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﺞ) is carried by more people in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. Leiga is mostly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Leiga reside; 47 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 45 people.
The last name is most frequent in Lithuania, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 39,929. In Lithuania it is most frequent in: Vilnius County, where 99 percent are found and Alytus County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Lithuania this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Argentina, where 14 percent are found.
Leiga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leiga has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 3,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leiga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Leiga surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Leiga earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.11% less than the national average, earning $31,453 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leiga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﺞ | lyj | - |
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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 Leiga
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