Linfang Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Linfang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Linfang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1591:147,4511,324
China91:151,924,6187,954
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Linfang (88,804) may also be a first name.

Linfang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Linfang is found most frequently in Taiwan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Linfang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Linfang is the 1,321,499th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Linfang live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 11,306th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 88,804 people.

The last name Linfang is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 147,451. In Taiwan Linfang is most frequent in: New Taipei City, where 22 percent reside, Kaohsiung City, where 16 percent reside and Yilan County, where 14 percent reside. Other than Taiwan Linfang exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in China, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Linfan9283/
Linfong862/
Glinfan861/
Limfang861/
Linphang806/
Lenfan771/
Linfon771/
Lenfant715,076/
Linphan71108/
L'enfan7114/
Lenfane713/
Lynfong712/
L'enfant67150/
Lionfoun671/
Lenfon6212/
Lienphuong593/
Limphan57372/
Linphon5798/
Lemnfon571/
Lenphan571/
Limphong53139/
Lenphane5311/
Laemfaun5310/
Limphant536/
Liemphan531/
Limphane531/
Lemphang531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Linfang
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