Lincoln is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lincoln
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: The name means one who is from the English town of Lincoln, Lincolnshire County. The name is derived from Lin in the Gaelic, welsh and Cornish British, which signifies a pool, pond, or lake and coln, the ridge or neck of a hill, so called from its situation, as it occupies the top and side of a steep hill on the river Witham, which werehere divides into three streams. Toponym meaning: the field, the colony (Latin "colonia") Lindo, old Brythonic personal name.

How popular is Lincoln?

Lincoln is common in United States.

Lincoln is ranked 10160 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lincoln bearers increased by 2.53267 per cent in 2010 US census to 16477 since 2000, the surname slipped by 141 spots and ranked at 2209. The last name was found in around 56 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.9 77.44
Black 14.71 13.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.68 3.78
Others 2.85 2.15
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.35 1.14
Lincoln is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Marshall Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 52826 people have been found who wears Lincoln as their family name. Lincoln is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
7,070 Guyana8
18,563 Nigeria7
5,340 Iceland6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
11,480 Japan4
59,967 Moldova4
718 Liberia4
20,541 Peru3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
35,184 Poland3
70,383 Tanzania3
35,789 Turkey3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
7,619 Ecuador3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
4,104 South Korea2
5,298 Botswana2
631 Swaziland2
37,372 Georgia2
931 Sierra Leone2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
2,151 Fiji2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
5,318 Iraq2
3,940 Ethiopia2
26,532 Chile2
8,657 Lebanon2
1,848 Madagascar2
13,552 Qatar2
10,211 Bulgaria2
3,871 Paraguay2
4,249 Cambodia1
7,198 Maldives1
17,575 Kuwait1
25,721 Egypt1
6,820 Angola1
880 Djibouti1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,190 Barbados1
174,544 Czech Republic1
6,033 Benin1
7,314 Bolivia1
37,779 Serbia1
1,542 Andorra1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,057 Isle of Man1
24,421 Slovakia1
215 Palau1
2,724 New Caledonia1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,435 Togo1
14,644 Tunisia1
16,073 Latvia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
20,172 Hungary1
5,467 Haiti1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
92,266 Ukraine46
1,198 China40
20,103 Norway33
43,662 Belgium30
2,622 Nicaragua29
11,444 Portugal28
3,338 Thailand27
813 Jersey22
69,202 Netherlands18
53,698 Belarus18
771 Marshall Islands15
29,040 Denmark15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
7,068 Lithuania90
2,423 Jamaica89
10,596 Colombia87
2,858 Hong Kong83
72,056 Italy78
4,527 Ireland76
17,456 Switzerland63
17,264 Israel59
41,736 Spain51
Countries with hundreds of Lincoln:
21,418 Philippines644
16,171 Germany639
6,799 Canada622
9,056 Kenya549
1,485 New Zealand499
11,880 Mexico366
592 Mauritius328
88,312 India261
7,689 Malaysia253
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
2,871 Scotland230
45,235 France220
5,678 Sweden167
2,488 Wales158
79,754 Russia157
1,371 Trinidad and Tobago135
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
3,201 Singapore106
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Lincoln:
1,455 Bangladesh8,250
2,548 Brazil5,692
1,625 England4,867
1,654 Australia1,931
3,162 Uganda1,680
1,954 Ghana1,677
4,075 South Africa1,607
Countries with ten thousands of Lincoln:
2,012 United States20,051
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old clock maker John Lincoln who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on June 12, 1849 by Gov. Hinckley put out from London. Caroline Lincoln (24) Immigrant, Fred Lincoln (40) Workman, 24 years old George Lincoln, 21 years old Daniel Lincoln, Willm. Lincoln, aged 35, Workwoman Mary Lincoln, Charles Lincoln, are others that migrated to US.

Lincoln Namesakes

  • Abbey Lincoln, Vocalist
  • Abbey Lincoln, Vocalist
  • Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
  • Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
  • Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
  • Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
  • Abram Lincoln Harris, Economist
  • Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, British Politician
  • Luther H. Lincoln, Politician
  • Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, Author
  • Darcie Lincoln portrayed the leading role of Mia in 2019 thriller movie False Witness.

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