Ligeni Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ligeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3241:163,40014,541
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ligeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ligeni is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ligeni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligeni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 842,714th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ligeni reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Ligeni is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 163,400. In Tanzania Ligeni is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 63 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 35 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligenyi921/
Liseni83638/
Ligene83265/
Legeni832/
Ligini831/
Liginei776/
Laiseni775/
Lizigni773/
Liseyni773/
Loiseni771/
Lisenie771/
Lieseni771/
Liginai771/
Legenis771/
Ligener771/
Luigene771/
Lizengi771/
Liozenio711/
Leigiene711/
Lisene671,084/
Legene67521/
Leseni67125/
Lisini67120/
Legeny67104/
Legini6792/
Lesini6783/
Ligine676/
Lizene672/
Legenj672/
Lejeni671/
Licene671/
Légene671/
Lizhenhai671/
Lejini671/

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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 Ligeni
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