Ligow Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Ligow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Ligow Last Name Facts

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

Ligow is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Ligow occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Ligow are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Ligow is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 8,265,575. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Micronesia, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Ligow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ligow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ligow surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligowe911,176/
Ligouw9137/
Ligowa914/
Liggow910/
Lighow910/
Leighow83163/
Lighgow835/
Ligov8063/
Legow8062/
Ligaw8023/
Lugow802/
Liguw801/
Leighhow770/
Ligova7355/
Legowe735/
Legowa735/
Ligoff733/
Lekgow731/
Leagow730/
Lighof730/
Lekgowe671,252/
Lekgowa67409/
Legojwe679/

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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 Ligow
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