Ligya Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ligya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ligya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
China21:683,660,78330,601
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Ligya (330) may also be a first name.

Ligya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ligya occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ligya.

How Common Is The Last Name Ligya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Ligya is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Ligya reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ligya is also the 482,193rd most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 330 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in China, where 17 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ligiya919/
Ligeya911/
Ligyay911/
Ligy8918/
Laigiya8313/
Ligeeya831/
Ligia80467/
Ligey8061/
Ligye8056/
Legya807/
Ligea807/
Logya805/
Luigy805/
Liegy802/
Laigy801/
Ligyo801/
Ligyi801/
Liegey73519/
Leigey73190/
Logeya73135/
Lugeya7395/
Legiya7327/
Lagiya7324/
Luigia7320/
Liyagi7319/
Logiya7315/
Ligiau7312/
Ligeyo735/
Ligiye734/
Lugiya733/
Liégey733/
Legeya732/
Ligeia732/
Ligeye732/
Louigy731/
Laigia731/
Lageya731/
Loiogy731/
Liegia731/
Liogey730/
Lighgiiya711/
Logy673,178/
Ligi671,912/
Lige67730/
Legy67145/
Lahgiya6737/
Lwegeya6737/
Lgia6728/
Logyawe6720/
Lagiyah6718/
Legiyah6717/
Laugiya6710/
Ligeyou677/
Logeyah674/
Liyeegy673/
Ligé673/
Lgey671/
Luugeya671/
Leogyai671/
Lgiy671/
Laigiae671/
Legigha671/
Lliugia671/
Luwogya671/
Ligiwah671/
Ligeyoh671/
Liyaage671/
Ligeaux671/

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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 Ligya
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