Legwa
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Passive form of -lega
Legwa is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
- KEKenya
- PHPhilippines
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Passive form of -lega
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
- PHPhilippines
- KEKenya
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Legwa is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Cebuano, a league; the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Legwa mean, and where does it come from?
- Passive form of -lega Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Legwa have the most bearers?
- Legwa is most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Legwa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.