Ligto Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Israel

Ligto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Ligto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligto is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligto? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Ligto occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ligto reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 11,248,691. In The Philippines Ligto is mostly concentrated in: Mimaropa, where 89 percent reside and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 11 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Israel, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Licto80742/
Lugto80447/
Ligta801/
Legto800/
Ligtas732,300/
Legtoy736/
Lictoy735/
Ligtaas671/
Licta60266/
Likta6034/
Legta6015/
Lekto6012/
Lecto609/
Ljqto601/
Lekhto5583/
Lectto5511/
Lictad558/
Legtas556/
Lektoi552/
Lektou551/
Lectoa551/
Lukhto551/
Licteau501/
Lichcta501/
Laiketa501/

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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 Ligto
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