Lingarajah Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Lingarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Lingarajah (10) may also be a first name.

Lingarajah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lingarajah occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingarajah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Lingarajah live; 44 percent live in Australasia and 44 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Lingarajah is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name Lingarajah is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,374,463. In Australia it is most numerous in: Victoria, where 100 percent live. Other than Australia Lingarajah is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 17 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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  • 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 Lingarajah
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