Ligayan Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Ligayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 214 | 1:473,076 | 56,884 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
Ligayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ligayan (Marathi: िलगायन) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligayan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. Ligayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ligayan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 473,076. In The Philippines Ligayan is most frequent in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 52 percent reside, Eastern Visayas, where 21 percent reside and Caraga, where 7 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligayant | 93 | 20 | / |
| Lighayan | 93 | 3 | / |
| Laigayan | 93 | 2 | / |
| Lugayan | 86 | 195 | / |
| Ligayon | 86 | 25 | / |
| Ligoyan | 86 | 11 | / |
| Legayan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ligayen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lygayan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Laygayan | 80 | 26 | / |
| Ligueyan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ligaun | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ligean | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ligain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligawen | 71 | 76 | / |
| Lighean | 71 | 36 | / |
| Ligoyon | 71 | 20 | / |
| Legoyan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ligoyam | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ligayom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Legayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Legayen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ligoyen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ligojane | 67 | 31 | / |
Ligayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ligayan in the Marathi language | ||
| िलगायन | ilagayana | 66.67 |
| लीगायान | ligayana | 33.33 |
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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 Ligayan
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