Liga Surname
Approximately 4,754 people bear this surname
Liga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 996 | 1:101,645 | 17,717 |
| Italy | 741 | 1:82,533 | 14,379 |
| Nigeria | 355 | 1:498,994 | 24,920 |
| United States | 347 | 1:1,044,550 | 76,531 |
| Indonesia | 343 | 1:385,566 | 32,887 |
| Romania | 251 | 1:79,992 | 9,401 |
| Cameroon | 240 | 1:86,538 | 10,461 |
| Russia | 219 | 1:658,096 | 56,802 |
| Mexico | 119 | 1:1,043,077 | 13,442 |
| Ivory Coast | 110 | 1:209,738 | 8,837 |
| Poland | 100 | 1:380,087 | 41,573 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Niger | 93 | 1:206,366 | 6,908 |
| Hungary | 54 | 1:181,783 | 15,754 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Argentina | 51 | 1:838,106 | 54,910 |
| Greece | 50 | 1:221,596 | 34,567 |
| Turkey | 45 | 1:1,729,365 | 63,766 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Slovakia | 26 | 1:205,248 | 33,808 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Belarus | 18 | 1:527,837 | 48,523 |
| Colombia | 15 | 1:3,184,938 | 14,936 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Līga (4) & Líga (1) are calculated separately.
Liga (12,977) may also be a first name.
Liga Demographics
Average Liga Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Liga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liga (Hindi: लीगा, Marathi: लीगा, Oriya: ଲିଗା, Russian: Лига) is found most in The Philippines. It can also occur in the variant forms: Līga or Líga. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Liga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 99,545th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,532,929 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 33 percent of Liga are found; 30 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 21 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 51,353rd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 12,977 people.
The last name Liga is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 996 people, or 1 in 101,645. In The Philippines Liga is mostly found in: Caraga, where 32 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 12 percent are found and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Liga exists in 78 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Liga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Liga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Liga surname grew 8,675 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Liga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Liga surname are 30.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.78% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Liga earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 20.83% less than the national average, earning €23,775 per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Liga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Liga in the Marathi language | ||
| लीगा | liga | - |
| Liga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିଗା | liga | 60 |
| ଲିଜା | lija | 40 |
| Liga in the Hindi language | ||
| लीगा | liga | 42.86 |
| लिगा | liga | 42.86 |
| लीग | liga | 14.29 |
| Liga in the Russian language | ||
| Лига | liga | - |
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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
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- 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 Liga
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