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

Ligama (Marathi: िलगमा) is found most frequently in Italy. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ligama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,871,545th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Ligama are found; 65 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 65 percent are found in Italic Europe. Ligama is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 22 people.

The last name is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 955,573. In Italy Ligama is most frequent in: Sicily, where 97 percent are found, Lombardy, where 2 percent are found and Piedmont, where 2 percent are found. Besides Italy Ligama exists in 6 countries. It is also common 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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