Lington Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Lington Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Lington (456) may also be a first name.
Lington Demographics
Average Lington Salary in
United States
$48,400 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lington Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lington Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lington (Russian: Лингтон) is most common in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lington? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 500,196th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name Lington occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Lington live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lington is also the 400,063rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 456 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Not including Malawi Lington is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Lington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lington last name expanded 543 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lington Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lington last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.
Lington earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.17% more than the national average, earning $48,400 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lington Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lington in the Russian language | ||
| Лингтон | lington | - |
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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 Lington
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