Ligit Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Ligit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 287 | 1:460,799 | 38,176 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Ligit (63) may also be a first name.
Ligit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ligit is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 866,642nd most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. Ligit is predominantly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Ligit reside; 89 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 89 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,234,572nd most numerous forename in the world, held by 63 people.
Ligit is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 460,799. In Indonesia Ligit is most prevalent in: West Papua, where 93 percent live, East Kalimantan, where 4 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Ligit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ligit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ligit last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ligit
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