Lingtone Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lingtone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingtone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania791:670,14739,342
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Lingtone (30) may also be a first name.

Lingtone Last Name Facts

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

Lingtone is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingtone? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,106,139th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lingtone reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Lingtone is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 30 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 670,147. In Tanzania Lingtone is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 97 percent are found, Mara Region, where 1 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lington93658/
Lingtong883/
Lingthon881/
Llington881/
Luington880/
Liengthon821/
Lengton80206/
Lingtan801/
Lincton800/
Hlingthong782/
Lingtang753/
Lingktan751/
Lengthon751/
Linckton751/
Lengthong7114/
Lengtang632/
Lenktene631/
Lengthang5939/
Luengthani561/

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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 Lingtone
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis