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

Ligenda (Russian: Лигенда) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligenda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ligenda reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 82 percent live and Arusha Region, where 9 percent live. Other than Tanzania Ligenda exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.

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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