Ligamela Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ligamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ligamela Last Name Facts

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

Ligamela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligamela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ligamela is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Ligamela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ligamela live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 93 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.

Ligamela Last Name Statistics demography

Ligamela earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.95% more than the national average, earning R 410,988 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligomela881/
Legamela881/
Lugomela75245/
Lugemela758/
Lugamala756/
Lugamila751/
Ligamile751/
Lugemala637/
Lugomola637/
Lugomelo634/

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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 Ligamela
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