Liega Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Liega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| Congo | 59 | 1:84,561 | 7,183 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Liega (44) may also be a first name.
Liega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Liega is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Liega is the 1,189,614th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Liega are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Liega is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 44 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Liega is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 93 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Liega
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