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.

DNA test information

Lingstone Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

The last name Lingstone is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lingstone.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingstone? popularity and diffusion

Lingstone is the 627,290th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 14,933,496 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lingstone live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lingstone is also the 293,794th most numerous forename internationally. It is borne by 780 people.

It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Outside of Malawi Lingstone occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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