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་) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lingay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lingay is the 656,126th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. Lingay is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Lingay are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lingay is also the 885,979th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 112 people.
Lingay is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 300,323. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists 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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