Lingela Surname

487,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lingela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6091:88,96210,902
Lesotho291:70,0889,364
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zambia131:1,219,22530,856
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Lingela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lingela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Lingela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingela? popularity and diffusion

Lingela is the 487,389th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. The surname Lingela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lingela live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Lingela is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 609 people, or 1 in 88,962. In South Africa Lingela is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent live, North West, where 19 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Lingela Last Name Statistics demography

Lingela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.75% less than the national average, earning R 107,532 per year.

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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 Lingela
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