Ligai Surname
Approximately 6,209 people bear this surname
Ligai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 6,008 | 1:5,148 | 949 |
| Kazakhstan | 60 | 1:294,708 | 24,906 |
| Moldova | 30 | 1:118,712 | 13,533 |
| Hungary | 19 | 1:516,646 | 32,401 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Ligai (172) may also be a first name.
Ligai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ligai (Marathi: िलगई) is more commonly found in Uzbekistan than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ligai.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ligai is the 78,636th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,173,707 people. The surname Ligai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ligai reside; 98 percent reside in Central Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 696,764th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 172 people.
It is most frequently held in Uzbekistan, where it is carried by 6,008 people, or 1 in 5,148. Excluding Uzbekistan Ligai occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live and Moldova, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ligai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ligai in the Marathi language | ||
| िलगई | ilaga'i | 80 |
| िलगाई | ilaga'i | 20 |
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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 Ligai
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