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
The last name Lighe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻘﻪ) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lighe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,460,878th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Lighe is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Lighe are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Lighe is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 11 people.
The last name Lighe is most numerous 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 live, Grand Gedeh County, where 20 percent live and Margibi County, where 8 percent live. Barring Liberia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Lebanon, where 2 percent live.
Lighe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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