Lingyun Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Lingyun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lingyun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China151:91,154,7714,767
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Lingyun (372,241) may also be a first name.

Lingyun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lingyun occurs more in China more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lingyun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Lingyun live; 54 percent live in East Asia and 54 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 2,799th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 372,241 people.

This surname is most widely held in China, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 91,154,771. Barring China this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

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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 Lingyun
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