Ligabu Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ligabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligabu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Ligabu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ligabu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ligabu is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ligabu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligabu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Ligabu live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 97,546,262. Besides Ethiopia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and Malaysia, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligabui925/
Ligebu831/
Legabu831/
Ligabó831/
Ligobu831/
Legabui7732/
Lekgabu771/
Ligebhu771/
Ligaboe771/
Lugebu67231/
Legawu672/
Legebu671/
Lugebhu6245/
Lekgawu6224/
Lekgebu623/

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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 Ligabu
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