Liege Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Liege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 611 | 1:108,711 | 16,172 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Latvia | 26 | 1:78,848 | 11,595 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Liège (19), Liége (2) & Liégé (3) are calculated separately.
Liege (4,302) may also be a first name.
Liege Demographics
Average Liege Salary in
United States
$36,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Liege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Liege (Arabic: لياج) occurs most in France. It may also be found as a variant: Liège, Liége or Liégé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Liege? popularity and diffusion
The last name Liege is the 448,102nd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,588,876 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Liege live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Liege is also the 105,474th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 4,302 people.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 611 people, or 1 in 108,711. In France Liege is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 36 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 22 percent reside and Occitanie, where 10 percent reside. Excluding France this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.
Liege Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Liege has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Liege surname rose 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Liege Last Name Statistics demography
Liege earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.7% less than the national average, earning $36,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Liege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Liege in the Arabic language | ||
| لياج | lyaj | - |
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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 Liege
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