Leigha Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Leigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 222 | 1:797,940 | 35,665 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Leigha (2,211) may also be a first name.
Leigha Demographics
Average Leigha Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leigha is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leigha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,064,392nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Leigha reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 159,062nd most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 2,211 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 797,940. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 87 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Leigha Last Name Statistics demography
Leigha earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
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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 Leigha
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