Ligie Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Ligie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
Ligie (177) may also be a first name.
Ligie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ligie occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,894,523rd most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ligie are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ligie is also the 685,598th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 177 people.
The last name Ligie is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 79 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent live and Ondo, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ligie exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 7 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
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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 Ligie
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