Lignau Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Lignau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Lignau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lignau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lignau (Russian: Лигнау) is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lignau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Lignau live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 1,107,045. In France it is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 95 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 3 percent are found and Occitanie, where 2 percent are found. Excluding France it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Lignau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lignau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lignau surname fell 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lignau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lignau in the Russian language | ||
| Лигнау | lignau | - |
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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 Lignau
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