Linganga Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Linganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Linganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Linganga is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Linganga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Linganga is the 806,178th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Linganga live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 225,243. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 4 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Linganga
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