Ligbe Surname
Approximately 824 people bear this surname
Ligbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Ivory Coast | 183 | 1:126,072 | 6,156 |
| Benin | 71 | 1:145,572 | 15,253 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ligbe (145) may also be a first name.
Ligbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ligbe is found most in Togo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ligbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 420,906th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,844,109 people. The surname Ligbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ligbe are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ligbe is also the 766,399th most common first name on earth, held by 145 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Without taking into account Togo it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent reside and Benin, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligbet | 91 | 43 | / |
| Ligbeu | 91 | 13 | / |
| Ligbei | 91 | 10 | / |
| Laigbe | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lighbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ligbee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Leigber | 83 | 9 | / |
| Hloigbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leigbeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ligbeid | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lhigbee | 83 | 0 | / |
| Ligue | 80 | 3,282 | / |
| Legbe | 80 | 1,442 | / |
| Ligba | 80 | 193 | / |
| Lugbe | 80 | 71 | / |
| Ligwe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Ligbi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Ligby | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lygbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leigbeih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leigue | 73 | 3,247 | / |
| Laigue | 73 | 421 | / |
| Lighbi | 73 | 57 | / |
| Legbea | 73 | 48 | / |
| Legbei | 73 | 40 | / |
| Lligue | 73 | 14 | / |
| Legbeu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hligue | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ligbai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Legbeh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Luigue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Legbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligbio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligbit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leigwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leghbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laigba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liguhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligbay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lighue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligbaya | 67 | 2,122 | / |
| Leegbeh | 67 | 21 | / |
| Leugbeu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Legbeih | 67 | 15 | / |
| Laingwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leingue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leiguei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luingue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luighbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leigbay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ligbe
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