Ligogo Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ligogo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligogo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1471:360,14726,649
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Ligogo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ligogo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ligogo is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligogo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,125,333rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ligogo reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 360,147. In Tanzania Ligogo is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 51 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 47 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Malawi, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligongo9247/
Lugogo831,079/
Legogo8334/
Ligego832/
Leagogo77351/
Lugoogo771/
Ligonga771/
Lugogoh771/
Lugogoy771/
Ligango771/
Ligouga771/
Legongo771/
Lekgokgo712/
Ligangoi711/
Ligaga67265/
Lugoga6711/
Legoga671/
Liguga671/
Llioghogha631/
Liganga622,157/
Legonga62111/
Ligunga6271/
Laigaga621/
Lugooga621/
Loigaga621/
Lighagha579/
Leigeaga571/
Lugega50397/
Lugaga50112/
Legaga501/
Legega501/

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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 Ligogo
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