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

Ligeour is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligeour? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ligeour is the 1,403,590th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ligeour are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Ligeour is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 434,135. In France Ligeour is most numerous in: Brittany, where 73 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 10 percent are found. Besides France this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Ligeour
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