Lignay Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Lignay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 78 | 1:225,852 | 6,969 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
Lignay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lignay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lignay occurs in Chile more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lignay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,106,139th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Lignay are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
Lignay is most common in Chile, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 225,852. In Chile it is most numerous in: Los Ríos Region, where 41 percent live, Los Lagos Region, where 40 percent live and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 10 percent live. Besides Chile it occurs in one country. It is also common in 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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- 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 Lignay
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