Ligter Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Ligter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 81 | 1:208,484 | 28,519 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ligter Demographics
Average Ligter Salary in
South Africa
R 118,512
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ligter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ligter occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligter? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,882,912th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. Ligter occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Ligter are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 208,484. In The Netherlands Ligter is primarily concentrated in: Flevoland, where 32 percent reside, North Holland, where 30 percent reside and Utrecht, where 26 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 12 percent reside and Israel, where 2 percent reside.
Ligter Last Name Statistics demography
Ligter earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.13% less than the national average, earning R 118,512 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligte | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ligthert | 86 | 40 | / |
| Legter | 83 | 242 | / |
| Licter | 83 | 6 | / |
| Likter | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lugter | 83 | 1 | / |
| Likhter | 77 | 70 | / |
| Lickter | 77 | 6 | / |
| Licther | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ligtett | 77 | 1 | / |
| Likte | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ligta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligty | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ligti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lygte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laikhter | 71 | 13 | / |
| Leicther | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leegte | 67 | 179 | / |
| Lecter | 67 | 90 | / |
| Lekter | 67 | 43 | / |
| Likhte | 67 | 17 | / |
| Legtet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liktey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ligthy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ligtio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luigti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lécter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Legtte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leigty | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lickte | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lictie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ligter
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