Lignier Surname
Approximately 1,393 people bear this surname
Lignier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,286 | 1:51,651 | 6,781 |
| Belgium | 80 | 1:143,708 | 20,372 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Lignier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lignier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lignier is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lignier? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 277,914th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,231,548 people. Lignier occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Lignier are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Lignier is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 1,286 people, or 1 in 51,651. In France it is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 42 percent reside, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 16 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Excluding France this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 6 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Lignier
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