Ligama Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Ligama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy641:955,57368,465
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ligama (22) may also be a first name.

Ligama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ligama (Marathi: िलगमा) has its highest incidence in Italy. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ligama is the 1,871,545th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Ligama is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Ligama live; 65 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 65 percent live in Italic Europe. Ligama is also the 2,301,746th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.

The surname Ligama is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 955,573. In Italy Ligama is primarily found in: Sicily, where 97 percent are found, Lombardy, where 2 percent are found and Piedmont, where 2 percent are found. Besides Italy this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligamma9214/
Ligamat921/
Laigamai861/
Ligoma83712/
Ligami83595/
Ligema83117/
Legama8333/
Ligame8314/
Ligamy831/
Lugama831/
Lygama831/
Lugamay7794/
Legamai7714/
Legaama773/
Lighoma771/
Legamma771/
Laigoma771/
Ligamou771/
Ligomah771/
Ligomay771/
Lekgama771/
Lugamma771/
Luigemaa719/
Hligamou711/
Legamo671,457/
Lugoma67949/
Lugema67431/
Legame6761/
Legema6724/
Legami6714/
Ligome674/
Ligomo673/
Lugamo672/
Legoma671/

Ligama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ligama in the Marathi language
िलगमाilagama83.33
िलगामाilagama16.67

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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 Ligama
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