Ligg Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Austria

Ligg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Ligg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligg is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ligg.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Ligg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Ligg live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

Ligg is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly found in: North Yorkshire, where 50 percent are found, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 25 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 25 percent are found. Aside from England it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 29 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.

Ligg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ligg has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Ligg last name contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liggs8928/
Leigg8910/
Luigg893/
Liegg891/
Liugg890/
Lig86101/
Liggtt801/
Legg7523,704/
Lugg752,752/
Luig752,535/
Laig75769/
Ligt75251/
Ligh75226/
Lieg7572/
Leig7540/
Liog7512/
Loig755/
Ligz754/
Lihg753/
Ligc752/
Liug752/
Ljgg751/
Liqg751/
Likg751/
Ligk751/
Ligs751/
Llig751/
Lhig750/
Hlig750/
L'Higgs731/
Leggigg731/
Liggctt731/
Leigh6749,501/
Ligue673,282/
Leggs67846/
Luigs67362/
Laigh67151/
Liegh6745/
Llieg672/
Liehg672/
Leihg672/
Lihgt672/
Lioyg671/
Luygg671/
Lloig671/
Luegg671/
Liogė671/
Loigh671/
Hlihg671/
Leggt670/
Leggh670/
Leigt670/
Ligke670/

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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 Ligg
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