Linares Surname
Approximately 265,825 people bear this surname
Linares Surname Definition:
Found in Vizcaya and Santander. Name of villages near Jaén, Oviedo, and Santander. This patronymic means son of Lineus from latin "line" - to cover, to erase, to smear.
Place in which flax is cultivated.
Castilian name from mountains of Santander.
Read More About This SurnameLinares Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 58,143 | 1:519 | 96 |
| Mexico | 47,807 | 1:2,596 | 374 |
| Peru | 26,747 | 1:1,188 | 179 |
| Colombia | 22,935 | 1:2,083 | 402 |
| Spain | 21,288 | 1:2,196 | 265 |
| El Salvador | 17,455 | 1:363 | 73 |
| United States | 15,430 | 1:23,491 | 2,950 |
| Cuba | 13,968 | 1:825 | 139 |
| Argentina | 8,969 | 1:4,766 | 536 |
| Dominican Republic | 6,856 | 1:1,522 | 232 |
| Guatemala | 6,387 | 1:2,518 | 409 |
| Honduras | 4,328 | 1:2,037 | 319 |
| Bolivia | 3,920 | 1:2,708 | 465 |
| Brazil | 2,369 | 1:90,365 | 3,400 |
| Panama | 1,538 | 1:2,544 | 357 |
| France | 1,389 | 1:47,821 | 6,175 |
| Chile | 1,166 | 1:15,108 | 1,095 |
| Ecuador | 1,029 | 1:15,458 | 2,350 |
| Nicaragua | 552 | 1:10,908 | 753 |
| Uruguay | 453 | 1:7,576 | 845 |
| Costa Rica | 446 | 1:10,718 | 519 |
| Canada | 342 | 1:107,736 | 11,580 |
| Puerto Rico | 317 | 1:11,199 | 534 |
| Paraguay | 291 | 1:24,869 | 923 |
| Philippines | 262 | 1:386,405 | 50,155 |
| Italy | 235 | 1:260,241 | 34,481 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| England | 150 | 1:371,454 | 26,286 |
| Belize | 140 | 1:2,539 | 538 |
| Gibraltar | 124 | 1:274 | 15 |
| Germany | 104 | 1:774,091 | 57,434 |
| Switzerland | 92 | 1:89,271 | 9,885 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Australia | 51 | 1:529,327 | 39,816 |
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| Andorra | 39 | 1:2,150 | 402 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Liñares (2,021), Linarès (29), Línares (2) & Linarés (1) are calculated separately.
Linares (384) may also be a first name.
Linares Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Vizcaya and Santander. Name of villages near Jaén, Oviedo, and Santander. This patronymic means son of Lineus from latin "line" - to cover, to erase, to smear.
Place in which flax is cultivated.
Castilian name from mountains of Santander.
User-submitted Reference
Linar translates to 'flax field'. Therefore, Linares means 'flax fields' in Spanish.
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Linares Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linares Come From? nationality or country of origin
Linares (Arabic: لينارس, Marathi: िलनारेस, Russian: Линарес) is borne by more people in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Liñares, Linarès, Línares or Linarés. For other potential spellings of Linares click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Linares? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,060th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 27,415 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Linares live; 47 percent live in South America and 30 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 442,333rd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 384 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is carried by 58,143 people, or 1 in 519. In Venezuela it is mostly concentrated in: Trujillo, where 14 percent live, Zulia, where 12 percent live and Lara, where 10 percent live. Not including Venezuela it exists in 87 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 18 percent live and Peru, where 10 percent live.
Linares Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Linares has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Linares surname grew 771,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Linares Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Linares are 41.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.91% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Linares earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 6.45% less than the national average, earning €28,092 per year; in Peru they earn 14.21% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,140 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.85% more than the national average, earning R 253,920 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.63% more than the national average, earning $24,660,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.87% less than the national average, earning $37,164 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.72% less than the national average, earning $42,370 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Linares Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Linares in the Marathi language | ||
| िलनारेस | ilanaresa | - |
| Linares in the Russian language | ||
| Линарес | linares | - |
| Linares in the Arabic language | ||
| لينارس | lynars | - |
| ليناريس | lynarys | - |
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