Ligeika Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Ligeika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligeika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania1081:28,0984,982
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ligeika Last Name Facts

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

Ligeika occurs more in Lithuania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ligeika click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligeika? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ligeika is the 1,683,218th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Ligeika live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Lithuania, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 28,098. In Lithuania Ligeika is most numerous in: Vilnius County, where 64 percent live, Kaunas County, where 33 percent live and Klaipėda County, where 1 percent live. Other than Lithuania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligeikas931/
Ligeiko864/
Ligeiki861/
Ligeikaitė8224/
Ligeikis80126/
Ligiejka801/
Ligeikytė751/
Legjika714/
Lekgjika6716/
Lisiyska6715/
Ligiejko6711/
Legeikis671/
Legiejko531/
Louzehiko501/

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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 Ligeika
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