Leighi Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Leighi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leighi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leighi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leighi occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leighi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Leighi reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,843,797. In Iran Leighi is most common in: Tehran Province, where 67 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 26 percent live and Ilam Province, where 4 percent live. Aside from Iran Leighi exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Leighi
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