Linguet Surname
Approximately 518 people bear this surname
Linguet Surname User-submission:
Nous sommes certainement en présence d'un ancien nom de métier devenu nom de famille à partir du XIIe siècle. Les premiers linguet exerçaient sans doute la profession de tisserand du vieux français linge : 'fait de toile ou de lin', comme dans cet extrait d'un dictionnaire ancien: 'il faignit ung jour avoir mal a ung doy, celuy d'empres le poulce, et l'envelopa de drap linge'.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 515 | 1:128,976 | 19,668 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Linguet Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nous sommes certainement en présence d'un ancien nom de métier devenu nom de famille à partir du XIIe siècle. Les premiers linguet exerçaient sans doute la profession de tisserand du vieux français linge : 'fait de toile ou de lin', comme dans cet extrait d'un dictionnaire ancien: 'il faignit ung jour avoir mal a ung doy, celuy d'empres le poulce, et l'envelopa de drap linge'. Autre explication : le surnom d'un homme haché, de l'ancien français linget: délié, fin.
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Where Does The Last Name Linguet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Linguet is found most frequently in France. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Linguet? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 600,164th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Linguet live; 54 percent live in South America and 54 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This last name is most common in France, where it is borne by 515 people, or 1 in 128,976. In France Linguet is primarily concentrated in: French Guiana, where 54 percent reside, Grand Est, where 14 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Aside from France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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