Ligema Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Ligema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Ligema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ligema occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ligema is the 1,683,218th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. Ligema is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Ligema live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ligema is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 608,524. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Ruvuma Region, where 77 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Estonia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luigemaa | 86 | 9 | / |
| Ligoma | 83 | 712 | / |
| Lugema | 83 | 431 | / |
| Ligima | 83 | 264 | / |
| Lisema | 83 | 141 | / |
| Ligama | 83 | 98 | / |
| Legema | 83 | 24 | / |
| Lagema | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lijema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Legemah | 77 | 266 | / |
| Lekgema | 77 | 250 | / |
| Leguema | 77 | 77 | / |
| Liguemo | 77 | 40 | / |
| Lagemaa | 77 | 27 | / |
| Laisema | 77 | 22 | / |
| Lichema | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ligamma | 77 | 14 | / |
| Lagemay | 77 | 11 | / |
| Lijesma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Legesma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lugemma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lighoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Laugema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lugemah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Laigoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligomah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligomay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Legemaat | 71 | 316 | / |
| Leighemo | 71 | 14 | / |
| Liesimaa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Liaicema | 71 | 7 | / |
| Luyisema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Legoemah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leghemga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liguemou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liguemoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laizeima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laigamai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hlaisema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugoma | 67 | 949 | / |
| Lexima | 67 | 655 | / |
| Lejima | 67 | 363 | / |
| Legima | 67 | 147 | / |
| Lisima | 67 | 86 | / |
| Lesema | 67 | 83 | / |
| Lugima | 67 | 43 | / |
| Legama | 67 | 33 | / |
| Lezema | 67 | 28 | / |
| Lezima | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ligimi | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lizima | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lagemo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lugemo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lesima | 67 | 13 | / |
| Licima | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lijima | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lisemo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Legeme | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lecima | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ligomo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lecema | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lizyma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lygama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lugama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lejema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legoma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liejasima | 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
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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 Ligema
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