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 surname Lingwal (Hindi: लिंगवाल) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingwal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 372,504th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,567,545 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Lingwal are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Lingwal is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name internationally, held by 10 people.

It is most widespread in India, where it is held by 938 people, or 1 in 817,767. In India it is most prevalent in: Uttarkhand, where 59 percent live, Delhi, where 26 percent live and Maharashtra, where 4 percent live. Barring India it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.

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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