Lings Surname

451,630th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Greenland

Lings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2831:191,44120,758
England2601:214,30018,301
Denmark721:78,3997,655
Greenland391:1,446212
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
United States211:17,259,949572,238
India141:54,790,384527,769
Scotland121:446,15118,166
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1521:160,36413,879
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Lings (35) may also be a first name.

Lings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lings occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lings click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lings? popularity and diffusion

Lings is the 451,630th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Lings are found; 46 percent are found in Northern Europe and 38 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 191,441. In South Africa Lings is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 27 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 23 percent reside and North West, where 19 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent reside and Denmark, where 10 percent reside.

Lings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lings has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Lings surname increased 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 105 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lings Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lings earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.3% less than the national average, earning R 234,552 per year and in United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lingås9190/
Lingse9134/
Luings911/
Lingsh911/
Glings910/
Lingst910/
Ling891,263,722/
Lingsch83144/
Lingshe832/
Liong8020,322/
Links8011,878/
Lingg802,527/
Lieng802,286/
Lingk80800/
Lengs80506/
Luing80429/
Lhing80224/
Lyngs80173/
Lingė80170/
Lingh8063/
Åling8036/
Gling8030/
Långs8023/
Hling8021/
Lling808/
Lingz805/
Linng805/
Lingt805/
Lisng802/
Lingq801/
Linxs801/
L'Ing801/
Lingsova771/
Lng75693/
Lingue731,787/
Lincks73802/
Lyngsø73461/
Lyngås73204/
Längst73171/
Åhling7360/
Lyngse7355/
Lingke7330/
Linksz7318/
Hlling738/
Lengse736/
Linchs736/
Hhling733/
Lingch732/
Lengks732/
Hlieng731/
Lengsø731/
Linkss731/
Linkse731/
Lingkh731/
Liuing730/
Leng67624,876/
Link6782,365/
Lyng673,290/
Lång671,818/
Läng67445/
Linc67356/
Linx67174/
Lyngsøe67130/
Geeling6773/
Lingowa6739/
Hålling6727/
Lingova6720/
Høhling6718/
Lingová6717/
L'Ng6715/
Linksch6710/
Lyngsåe675/
Limg673/
Långsjø673/
Lngt673/
Lnks672/
Linq672/
Lingschová672/
Lngg672/
Lnhg671/
Lnqg671/
Linqust671/
Lhng671/
Gliling671/
Lộng671/
Lnng671/
Linngue671/
Lncs671/
Lngq671/

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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 Lings
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