Lincohn Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Panama

Lincohn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lincohn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Panama71:558,8949,437
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Lincohn (82) may also be a first name.

Lincohn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lincohn is found most frequently in Liberia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lincohn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Lincohn occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Lincohn are found; 32 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Lincohn is also the 1,060,447th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 82 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Grand Bassa County, where 100 percent live. Barring Liberia Lincohn occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 32 percent live and Chile, where 18 percent live.

Lincohn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lincohn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lincohn surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lincon922,438/
Lingcon86725/
Lincoin8635/
Lincong8620/
Lincone864/
Linckon862/
Lincont861/
Lincond861/
Lincomn861/
Linncon861/
Lingcong80387/
Linkon779,272/
Lincan771,301/
Limcon77181/
Lyncon7710/
Lincom775/
Lencon774/
Lincón771/
Lingkon713,383/
Linkone71135/
Lencone7147/
Linkhon7129/
Lincang7125/
Lencong716/
Lincane712/
Linkoun712/
Linkhan712/
Linncom711/
Lhyncon711/
Linkuon711/
Lynconn711/
Lioncan711/
Lingcan711/
Lenconn711/
Linckan711/
Lingcang677/
Lengcong674/
Lingcane674/
Linckang671/

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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 Lincohn
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