Lingame Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lingame Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingame Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Tanzania1281:413,60629,126
Burkina Faso281:655,4328,018
India71:109,580,769786,157
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397

Lingame Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lingame (Marathi: िंलगमे) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingame? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 902,012th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lingame live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Lingame is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 43 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lingame Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lingame in the Marathi language
िंलगमेinlagame50
िलगंमेilagamme33.33
लींगमेlingame16.67

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lingame
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