Piligan Surname

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

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Piligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1011:1,002,35986,102
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Piligan Last Name Facts

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

Piligan is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Piligan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piligan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Piligan is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Piligan live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 1,002,359. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 47 percent reside, Cagayan Valley, where 27 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 13 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Piligan Last Name Statistics demography

Piligan earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.62% less than the national average, earning $30,800 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piligain932/
Philigan930/
Pilihgane881/
Philligan881/
Peligan86111/
Philigon808/
Philegan800/
Philigone751/
Puligon7145/
Pelegan719/
Peligon714/
Pelugan711/
Pulugan711/
Peligán711/
Pelegain671/
Pulligon671/
Pelegon571/
Pelegam570/

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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 Piligan
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