Ligawan Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Philippines

Ligawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2091:632,77149,860
Philippines2061:491,44858,185

Ligawan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligawan occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligawan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 707,442nd most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The last name Ligawan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ligawan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 51 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Ligawan is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 632,771. In Indonesia Ligawan is most common in: East Java, where 68 percent reside, West Java, where 18 percent reside and West Nusa Tenggara, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligavan8675/
Legawan8658/
Ligewan862/
Lugawan862/
Ligawon861/
Ligavant8087/
Lihgawon807/
Ligavane804/
Ligabon7153/
Ligevan7151/
Legowan715/
Legaban714/
Lekgowane6375/
Legabon571/

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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 Ligawan
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