Ligons Surname

437,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 784 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ligons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7801:464,69139,603
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Ligons Last Name Facts

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

Ligons has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligons? popularity and diffusion

It is the 437,497th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,295,339 people. Ligons occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ligons reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 780 people, or 1 in 464,691. In The United States Ligons is most prevalent in: Texas, where 18 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and South Carolina, where 11 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Ligons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ligons has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ligons surname grew 1,472 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ligons Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ligons last name are 3.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.59% being registered with the political party.

Ligons earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.6% less than the national average, earning $34,691 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liggons92283/
Leigons924/
Ligonns921/
Lighons921/
Ligans8346/
Legons8345/
Lygons831/
Liggans77227/
Leggons775/
Leagons774/
Legotins711/
Leighans711/
Legans67186/
Lugans6724/
Ligums6723/
Leggans62125/
Leagans62113/
Legunse6247/
Leganse6210/
Liganje629/
Ligance621/
Leghans621/
Legunshe576/
Legusens573/
Liggance570/

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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 Ligons
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