Lighsey Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lighsey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lighsey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Lighsey Last Name Facts

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

Lighsey is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lighsey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Lighsey are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Lighsey is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Lighsey is most frequent in: Alabama, where 50 percent are found, Mississippi, where 25 percent are found and North Carolina, where 25 percent are found.

Lighsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lighsey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lighsey surname fell 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligsey921/
Lightcey801/
Ligsay772,239/
Liggsay711/
Luiksey710/
Ligsa67565/
Lixey67156/
Ligge6744/
Lugse673/
Legse672/
Likse671/

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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 Lighsey
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