Lighezan Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Lighezan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 202 | 1:99,395 | 11,320 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Lighezan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lighezan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lighezan is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lighezan.
How Common Is The Last Name Lighezan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,111,382nd most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Lighezan reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 99,395. In Romania Lighezan is most prevalent in: Caraș-Severin County, where 79 percent are found, Timiș County, where 20 percent are found and Arad County, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Romania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligezan | 93 | 14 | / |
| Ligesan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ligesang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ligeshan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ligasan | 67 | 864 | / |
| Ligason | 67 | 578 | / |
| Ligazon | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ligisan | 67 | 60 | / |
| Legesan | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lugesan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ligosan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legesang | 63 | 112 | / |
| Ligacion | 63 | 92 | / |
| Liguisan | 63 | 31 | / |
| Liugisan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Leguizan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Leguizamn | 59 | 224 | / |
| Lugasan | 53 | 1,011 | / |
| Legasan | 53 | 156 | / |
| Legisan | 53 | 64 | / |
| Lugosan | 53 | 37 | / |
| Legazon | 53 | 31 | / |
| Lugisan | 53 | 27 | / |
| Lugason | 53 | 2 | / |
| Legeson | 53 | 2 | / |
| Legesen | 53 | 2 | / |
| Lugožan | 53 | 1 | / |
| Leguisan | 50 | 118 | / |
| Leguisen | 50 | 103 | / |
| Leguizam | 50 | 3 | / |
| Legisang | 50 | 2 | / |
| Leguizon | 50 | 2 | / |
| Legishon | 50 | 1 | / |
| Leguesen | 50 | 1 | / |
| Luggasan | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lighezan
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