Linkung Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Linkung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Linkung 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
Lesotho101:203,25614,332
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Linkung Last Name Facts

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

The last name Linkung is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Linkung? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Linkung reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Linkung is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 203,256. In Lesotho Linkung is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent are found. Not including Lesotho it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.

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
Lingkung9335/
Linkong8628/
Lingkong80193/
Lengkung80136/
Lingkhong7513/
L'Enkoung751/
Lencung71150/
Lincong7120/
Lenkong712/
Lingcong67387/
Lencong576/
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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 Linkung
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