Ligah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ligah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ligah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ligah (Marathi: िलगाह) is found most in Malaysia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Ligah reside; 47 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 47 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 4,213,461. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 100 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ligah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ligah in the Marathi language | ||
| िलगाह | ilagaha | - |
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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 Ligah
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