Lingstone Surname

627,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 488 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lingstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4181:40,9555,885
Tanzania661:802,14642,626
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lingstone (780) may also be a first name.

Lingstone Last Name Facts

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

Lingstone occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingstone? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lingstone is the 627,290th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,933,496 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lingstone reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lingstone is also the 293,794th most widely held forename globally It is held by 780 people.

Lingstone is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Other than Malawi it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lingston94296/
Liuingstone905/
Lengstone894/
Linkstone891/
Linngston891/
Linkston8297/
Lengston8214/
Lenngston780/
Leungston780/
Linxton751/
Lingstam718/
Lyngstang6769/
Lynchston670/
Lyngstam5922/
Lengstam597/

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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 Lingstone
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