lo Leggio Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

lo Leggio Surname User-submission:

Lo Leggio surname originates from the Sicilian dialect meaning 'the light one', similar to the Italian adjective leggero meaning 'light of weight'.

lo Leggio Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy971:630,48157,010
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

lo Leggio Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lo Leggio surname originates from the Sicilian dialect meaning 'the light one', similar to the Italian adjective leggero meaning 'light of weight'.

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lo Leggio Last Name Facts

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

lo Leggio is found most in Italy. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name lo Leggio? popularity and diffusion

lo Leggio is the 1,755,741st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of lo Leggio reside; 90 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Italy, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 630,481. In Italy lo Leggio is primarily found in: Sicily, where 97 percent are found, Tuscany, where 2 percent are found and Emilia-Romagna, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Italy lo Leggio occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Lei802/
La Leggia78277/
La Legge712/
lo Laico711/
lo Lee6763/
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lo Loy673/
lo Lea671/
lo Lui671/
lo Loi671/
lo Lye671/
Los Loso591/
La Leits591/
La Loggia56459/
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La Lee532/
lo Lay532/
La Lai532/
Lo-Lee531/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to lo Leggio
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