Where Does The Last Name Ligny Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Ligny is most common in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligny? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Ligny is the 559,940^th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The last name Ligny occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ligny are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,467,136^th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 47 people.

The surname Ligny is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 485 people, or 1 in 136,954. In France it is mostly found in: Normandy, where 37 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 33 percent live and Île-de-France, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Ligny Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Ligny has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.