Ligom Surname
Approximately 525 people bear this surname
Ligom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 505 | 1:350,778 | 18,947 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ligom (51) may also be a first name.
Ligom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ligom has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 593,568th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,881,040 people. Ligom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ligom are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 51 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 350,778. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 89 percent reside, Cross River, where 6 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loigom | 91 | 54 | / |
| Ligome | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ligoum | 91 | 2 | / |
| Liogom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Liegom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ligoym | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lisgom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Leingom | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leighom | 83 | 0 | / |
| Ligon | 80 | 10,878 | / |
| Ligam | 80 | 1,020 | / |
| Lugom | 80 | 189 | / |
| Ligum | 80 | 91 | / |
| Legom | 80 | 74 | / |
| Ligoń | 80 | 66 | / |
| Liggon | 73 | 403 | / |
| Ligong | 73 | 166 | / |
| Liogon | 73 | 112 | / |
| Ligume | 73 | 75 | / |
| Leigon | 73 | 72 | / |
| Legome | 73 | 51 | / |
| Ligham | 73 | 22 | / |
| Laigon | 73 | 18 | / |
| Ligone | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ligame | 73 | 14 | / |
| Leugom | 73 | 12 | / |
| Lighon | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ligont | 73 | 7 | / |
| Liggam | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ligoon | 73 | 5 | / |
| Liegon | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ligamm | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ligoun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ligond | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luggom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Legoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leigam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luegom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loigon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leghom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laingam | 67 | 1,047 | / |
| Laigong | 67 | 56 | / |
| Loingam | 67 | 33 | / |
| Leingam | 67 | 29 | / |
| Lighaam | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ligotne | 67 | 27 | / |
| Liggong | 67 | 25 | / |
| Luingam | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ligotin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leighon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liggone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laingon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loighon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leigham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ligogne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ligonne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesgome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luigham | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ligom
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