Lingalo Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lingalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2801:263,85624,810
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Lingalo (28) may also be a first name.

Lingalo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lingalo is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingalo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lingalo is the 919,444th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. Lingalo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lingalo live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 28 people.

The surname Lingalo is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Not including The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.

Lingalo Last Name Statistics demography

Lingalo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.35% less than the national average, earning R 158,388 per year.

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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 Lingalo
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