Lingwal Surname

372,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 963 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Lingwal Surname User-submission:

Lingwal is a surname for people from the Garwal region in Uttrakhand state in India.

Lingwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India9381:817,76736,502
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lingwal (10) may also be a first name.

Lingwal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lingwal is a surname for people from the Garwal region in Uttrakhand state in India.

- kshitijaarya

Lingwal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lingwal (Hindi: लिंगवाल) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingwal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 372,504th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,567,545 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Lingwal live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 938 people, or 1 in 817,767. In India it is most numerous in: Uttarkhand, where 59 percent are found, Delhi, where 26 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 4 percent are found. Excluding India this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Singapore, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lingwall93372/
Lingwald930/
Lingval8661/
Lengwal867/
Lingual861/
Lingvall80351/
Linkwald807/
Lingvald803/
Glingvall751/
Lyngvald6719/
Långvall6712/
Lyngvold533/
Lyngvoll532/

Lingwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lingwal in the Hindi language
लिंगवालlingavala94.41
लिगंवालliganvala3.85
लिगवालligavala0.35

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