Lighe Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Lighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 49 | 1:89,970 | 7,357 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 65 | 1:68,152 | 5,061 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Lighe (11) may also be a first name.
Lighe Demographics
Lighe Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Lighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lighe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻘﻪ) occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lighe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Lighe is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Lighe live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common forename worldwide It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 89,970. In Liberia Lighe is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 69 percent are found, Grand Gedeh County, where 20 percent are found and Margibi County, where 8 percent are found. Besides Liberia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and Lebanon, where 2 percent are found.
Lighe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lighe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﻘﻪ | lyqh | - |
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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 Lighe
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