Ligeni Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Ligeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 324 | 1:163,400 | 14,541 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ligeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ligeni is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligeni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 842,714th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ligeni are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ligeni is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 324 people, or 1 in 163,400. In Tanzania Ligeni is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 63 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 35 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Ligeni exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligenyi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Liseni | 83 | 638 | / |
| Ligene | 83 | 265 | / |
| Legeni | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ligini | 83 | 1 | / |
| Liginei | 77 | 6 | / |
| Laiseni | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lizigni | 77 | 3 | / |
| Liseyni | 77 | 3 | / |
| Loiseni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lisenie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lieseni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liginai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Legenis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligener | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luigene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lizengi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liozenio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leigiene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lisene | 67 | 1,084 | / |
| Legene | 67 | 521 | / |
| Leseni | 67 | 125 | / |
| Lisini | 67 | 120 | / |
| Legeny | 67 | 104 | / |
| Legini | 67 | 92 | / |
| Lesini | 67 | 83 | / |
| Ligine | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lizene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Legenj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lejeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Licene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Légene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lizhenhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lejini | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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