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
The surname Liega occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Liega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,189,614th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 44 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 93 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Tanzania Liega occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 30 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 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 Liega
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