Ligeour Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Ligeour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligeour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1531:434,13562,815
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ligeour Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligeour is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligeour? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,403,590th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. Ligeour is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ligeour live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Ligeour is most common in France, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 434,135. In France it is mostly found in: Brittany, where 73 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lijeour8661/
Licheour800/
Lejour77692/
Licour77272/
Lijour77260/
Lesour7714/
Lezour7710/
Lizeur773/
Liseur773/
Lageur771/
Lesieur715,410/
Lesourd712,674/
Ligeard71238/
Leizour71225/
Leyzour7199/
Loiseur7193/
Leyjour7110/
Lehjour7110/
Leijour716/
Lesourt713/
Leiseur713/
Lejoure712/
Legaeur712/
Lezoure712/
Leysour712/
Liguiar711/
Laiceur711/
Liscour711/
Lhizour711/
Lesieor711/
Ledjour711/
Leïzour711/
Lesourp711/
Lejourt711/
Lesur673,380/
Lizor67235/
Lezor67114/
Lezur6716/
Lizur675/
Leasoure674/
Lageurre673/
Lexur672/
Lijur672/
Lecur672/
Leuhgeur671/
Legeurre671/
Lejur671/
Lechgeur671/
Licur671/
Lisur671/
Leasieur670/
Lidgeard670/

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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
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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 Ligeour
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