Ligiman Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ligiman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligiman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea341:239,81532,925
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ligiman (35) may also be a first name.

Ligiman Last Name Facts

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

Ligiman is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligiman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Ligiman live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Ligiman is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 35 people.

The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea Ligiman is most prevalent in: West New Britain, where 91 percent live and Morobe, where 9 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 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
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  • 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 Ligiman
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