Ligila Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ligila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Ligila (178) may also be a first name.

Ligila Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ligila is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligila? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Ligila live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 683,417th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 178 people.

Ligila is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Ligila is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 100 percent are found. Other than India it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 44 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligilia92212/
Liugaila865/
Leisgila861/
Lighilas861/
Ligili831,495/
Lisila8389/
Ligela8335/
Lugila8318/
Ligula837/
Licila834/
Ligile833/
Legila831/
Lijila831/
Ligilo831/
Lugaila771,917/
Laisila7784/
Lichila7762/
Leguila7729/
Liguili7718/
Ligulla773/
Liugela772/
Ligulia771/
Liguela771/
Lekgila771/
Luijila771/
Luigela771/
Lisilah771/
Luegila771/
Lisitla771/
Liugula771/
Liggula771/
Ligaile771/
Laisilap716/
Lugailah711/
Ligisler711/
Lughaila711/
Lugela67573/
Legela67183/
Legula67162/
Lisilo67144/
Lisela6799/
Ligele6776/
Luigelaht6723/
Lugula6722/
Licela6721/
Lesila6716/
Lijela679/
Lugilo676/
Legile672/
Ligelo671/
Legilo671/
Lecila671/

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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 Ligila
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