Ligege Surname

393,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 899 people bear this surname

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

Ligege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8551:63,3667,971
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ligege Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligege occurs most in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligege? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ligege is the 393,206th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,106,280 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ligege reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Ligege is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 855 people, or 1 in 63,366. In South Africa Ligege is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 1 percent reside. Besides South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ligege Last Name Statistics demography

Ligege earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.44% more than the national average, earning R 298,092 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lugege8322/
Legege8319/
Lisege834/
Lagege831/
Ligeze831/
Ligegi831/
Ligige831/
Ligoge831/
Lesiege77154/
Liegise7799/
Liseges772/
Legegge771/
Lisegues7110/
Liegiese713/
Liseguez713/
Lidzhege712/
Legese6783,635/
Legeza671,155/
Ligeza67254/
Legesi67191/
Lesige67140/
Lisese67111/
Legeji67105/
Lageze6751/
Lesege6739/
Lizeze6721/
Legise6716/
Legegi678/
Lisige678/
Ligogi677/
Lagegi674/
Liseje673/
Legece673/
Legeje672/
Lizega672/
Ligesi672/
Liuiseged671/
Legega671/
Ligiga671/
Ligagi671/
Ligise671/
Lugige671/
Lisyge671/
Legesy670/

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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 Ligege
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