Ligers Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Ligers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia741:27,7034,232
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England81:6,964,757184,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ligers (10) may also be a first name.

Ligers Last Name Facts

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

Ligers (Russian: Лигерс) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,871,545th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Ligers occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Ligers live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name globally It is held by 10 people.

The surname Ligers is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 27,703. In Latvia Ligers is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 85 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 11 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Latvia Ligers is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Ligers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ligers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ligers Last Name Statistics demography

Ligers earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 19.08% more than the national average, earning $59,165 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leigers92259/
Liegers921/
Liggers920/
Lagers83199/
Lugers8363/
Lizers837/
Legers836/
Lägers832/
Lügers831/
Ligars830/
Ligors830/
Lygers830/
Leugers77860/
Luegers7768/
Liezers7722/
Legiers7722/
Lagerås7720/
Ledgers777/
Leijers774/
Leizers772/
Lichers772/
Laggers771/
Lesgers771/
Liggars770/
Lougers770/
Legerse770/
Luisers770/
Legierse71328/
Ligarsch7117/
Licherse712/
Lizierse711/
Leijzers711/
Lauziers711/
Leughers711/
Lleugers711/
Litchers710/
Legars6781/
Lesers679/
Lecers679/
Lejers673/
Legors672/
Leicherse671/
Legirs671/
Lugars671/

Ligers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ligers in the Russian language
Лигерсligers-

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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 Ligers
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