Lingston Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lingston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Lingston (514) may also be a first name.

Lingston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lingston (Russian: Лингстон) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingston? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 902,012th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. Lingston occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Lingston reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lingston is also the 372,822nd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 514 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Lingston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lingston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lingston last name rose 110 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lingston Last Name Statistics demography

Lingston earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $45,604 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lingstone94488/
Linngston941/
Linkston8897/
Lengston8814/
Lengstone824/
Linkstone821/
Lenngston820/
Leungston820/
Linxton801/
Lingstam758/
Lyngstang7169/
Lynchston710/
Lyngstam6322/
Lengstam637/

Lingston Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lingston in the Russian language
Лингстонlingston-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lingston
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