Ligresti Surname

515,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Ligresti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligresti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3711:164,84325,182
Argentina2001:213,71717,610
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Ligresti Last Name Facts

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

Ligresti is held by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ligresti.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligresti? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 515,938th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Ligresti are found; 59 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent are found in Italic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 371 people, or 1 in 164,843. In Italy it is most common in: Sicily, where 77 percent reside, Lombardy, where 11 percent reside and Piedmont, where 5 percent reside. Not including Italy it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Ligresti Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ligresti last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Ligresti earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.93% more than the national average, earning $54,771 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Ligresti
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