Ligenda Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ligenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Ligenda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligenda (Russian: Лигенда) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligenda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ligenda is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ligenda live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 82 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legenda86169/
Lugenda86107/
Lisenda8663/
Licenda861/
Lijenda861/
Lizenda861/
Lugaenda80248/
Leggenda8030/
Lugendo719,369/
Legendi7191/
Lesenda7154/
Legende7138/
Liginde7121/
Legendy7119/
Leginda7110/
Lisinda718/
Legendo715/
Lesinda712/
Lizinda712/
Légende712/
Luginda711/
Lichinda67265/
Legender6766/
Leejinda6724/
Laijinda671/
Liguinde671/
Lisendey671/
Legendär671/
Legendee671/
Lisindai671/
Lizzinda671/
Luggendo671/
Leguemda671/
Lechinda671/
Leghendy670/

Ligenda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ligenda in the Russian language
Лигендаligenda-

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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 Ligenda
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