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 occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ligbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 420,906th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,844,109 people. The last name Ligbe is predominantly found 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 commonly used first name at a global level, held by 145 people.
The surname Ligbe is most commonly held in Togo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Besides Togo this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
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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