Ligum Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ligum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia311:951,42742,969
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ligum (48) may also be a first name.

Ligum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ligum (Russian: Лигум) is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,955,159th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Ligum live; 44 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ligum is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent given name globally, held by 48 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 951,427. In Malaysia Ligum is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Russia, where 13 percent live.

Ligum Last Name Statistics demography

Ligum earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 132.17% more than the national average, earning $100,179 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligume9175/
Ligoum912/
Ligom80525/
Legum80388/
Ligun80175/
Lygum8088/
Lugum8042/
Loigom7354/
Ligung7314/
Ligaun739/
Laigun739/
Luigun733/
Legume733/
Ligoun732/
Legoum731/
Ligune731/
Liegom731/
Ligund731/
Lliguín672/
Ligutin671/
Leegume671/
Lhengum671/
Leighom670/

Ligum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ligum in the Russian language
Лигумligum-

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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 Ligum
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