Ligon Surname
Approximately 10,878 people bear this surname
Ligon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,455 | 1:42,869 | 5,255 |
| Philippines | 2,078 | 1:48,719 | 7,968 |
| Israel | 63 | 1:135,835 | 14,591 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,438 | 1:34,923 | 4,158 |
The alternate forms: Ligoń (66) are calculated separately.
Ligon (109) may also be a first name.
Ligon Demographics
Average Male Ligon Height
176.37 cm
Average Female Ligon Height
163.05 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ligon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ligon is found most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ligoń. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 47,559th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 669,934 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Ligon live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 900,062nd most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 109 people.
The surname Ligon is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 8,455 people, or 1 in 42,869. In The United States Ligon is most frequent in: California, where 7 percent reside, Tennessee, where 7 percent reside and South Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States Ligon occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Israel, where 1 percent reside.
Ligon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ligon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ligon surname expanded 588 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ligon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ligon last name are 11.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ligon earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning $41,555 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.37% more than the national average, earning $57,817 CAD per year.
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Ligon Reference & Research
Lyon DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Lyon FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Ligon
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis