Lingings Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Lingings Surname User-submission:

The Lingings family can be traced to Gloucestershire, England in the 1800s. Prior to Lingings, the family name was Lingen. The most famous Lingen family member being Sir Henry Lingen, Lord of Sutton, Lingen and Stoke Edith. He was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.

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Lingings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:1,211,26256,182
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Lingings Surname Meaning

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The Lingings family can be traced to Gloucestershire, England in the 1800s. Prior to Lingings, the family name was Lingen. The most famous Lingen family member being Sir Henry Lingen, Lord of Sutton, Lingen and Stoke Edith. He was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. The name is derived from the town of Lingen in Germany and is believed to have travelled to England during the 1066 Norman Conquest. Tursten de Lingen was one of William the Conqueror's standard bearers and is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. The name is recorded in the Domesday Book, and the family existed in the same area of Herefordshire for hundreds of years.

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Lingings Last Name Facts

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

Lingings is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingings? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lingings is the 2,843,861st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Lingings reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,211,262. In England Lingings is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 78 percent live, Bedfordshire, where 11 percent live and North Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Apart from England this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live.

Lingings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lingings has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Lingings last name expanded 657 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Lenings801/
Liongng800/
Linengs800/
Linsingh7576/
Leenings7576/
Glinsing754/
Linggeng751/
Linching751/
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LinCeng67796/
Linseng6734/
Lengeng6733/
Lyngeng678/
Lngaeng675/
Linzeng675/
Lengiengue672/
Linjeng671/
L'Hennings671/
Linguengue671/
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