Ligten Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ligten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
United States91:40,273,215872,126
France11:66,422,722504,397

Ligten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligten is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ligten is the 3,323,005th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Ligten live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 675,487. In The Netherlands Ligten is primarily found in: North Holland, where 28 percent are found, North Brabant, where 20 percent are found and South Holland, where 20 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Ligten Last Name Statistics demography

Ligten earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 86.46% less than the national average, earning $5,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligthen921/
Ligtn910/
Lugten83331/
Ligtem832/
Lictoen7739/
Likhten7714/
Ligting771/
Legtien770/
Liktienė711/
Lykten672/
Lekten671/
Likhtin62417/
Lykhten628/
Likhtina57244/
Liktinova535/
Likhtinova5025/
Lektén503/
Luktin503/
Lektin501/

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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 Ligten
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