Lingay Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Lingay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Philippines | 67 | 1:1,511,018 | 105,084 |
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Lingay (112) may also be a first name.
Lingay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lingay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lingay (Marathi: िंलगय, Oriya: ଲିାୟ, Tibetan: གླིང་རྒྱས་) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Lingay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lingay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 656,126th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. The last name Lingay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Lingay live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 112 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 300,323. Beside The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lingay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lingay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିାୟ | liaya | - |
| Lingay in the Tibetan language | ||
| གླིང་རྒྱས་ | linggyé | 87.5 |
| གླིང་གེས་ | linggé | 12.5 |
| Lingay in the Marathi language | ||
| िंलगय | inlagaya | 66.67 |
| िंलगाय | inlagaya | 33.33 |
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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 Lingay
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