Lingwat Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lingwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lingwat Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India351:21,916,154310,282
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Lingwat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lingwat (Marathi: लीन्गवत) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingwat? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lingwat is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Lingwat is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Lingwat live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 21,916,154. In India Lingwat is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 71 percent live and Goa, where 23 percent live. Not including India Lingwat exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Sudan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lingwate9377/
Lingwathe881/
Lingvat86261/
Linguat8623/
Lingbat861/
Lengwate80110/
Linghuat802/
Lengwathe751/
Linquat711/
Lingwood671,225/
Lenkwate674/
Lingguot671/
Lyngvad5715/
Lengwood531/
Linkwood530/
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Lingwat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lingwat in the Marathi language
लीन्गवतlin'gavata-

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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
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  • 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 Lingwat
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