Ligoma Surname
Approximately 712 people bear this surname
Ligoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 707 | 1:74,882 | 7,787 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ligoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ligoma is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ligoma.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ligoma is the 471,234th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name Ligoma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ligoma are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 74,882. In Tanzania Ligoma is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 62 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 21 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligomay | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ligomah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Laigoma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lighoma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lugoma | 83 | 949 | / |
| Ligema | 83 | 117 | / |
| Liguma | 83 | 111 | / |
| Ligama | 83 | 98 | / |
| Ligome | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ligomo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Legoma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Legouma | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ligamma | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ligamat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligomes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligumah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ligomoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luigemaa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Laigamai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Legoemah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ligami | 67 | 595 | / |
| Lugomo | 67 | 505 | / |
| Lugema | 67 | 431 | / |
| Leguma | 67 | 88 | / |
| Ligume | 67 | 75 | / |
| Legomo | 67 | 57 | / |
| Legome | 67 | 51 | / |
| Legama | 67 | 33 | / |
| Legema | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ligame | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ligumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lugama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lygama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ligamy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ligoma
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