Lingam is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lingam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

The Lingam is a variant form of Lynam. One who came from Lyham, i.e., homestead by a wood, in Northumberland; grandson of Laidghnean meaning "snow birth".

The variant of Lingen. Robert de Wigmore, lord of Lingen, county of Hereford, and founder of the priory of Lyngbroke, had a grandson, John, who took the name of Lingen. From him sprang the Lingens of Longner, county of Salop, etc.

How popular is Lingam?

Lingam is common in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Oman, Fiji, United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, England, Australia, Canada.

Lingam is ranked 21513 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lingams grew by 88.89 per cent to 255 since 2000 and ranked 75564 after elevating 43390 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 93.73 74.81
White 3.14 6.67
Others 2.35 18.52
Lingam is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Fiji lie ahead in terms of density. Around 25342 people have been found who wears Lingam as their family name. Lingam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Lingam:
2,676 India20,387
Countries with thousands of Lingam:
2,223 Sri Lanka1,316
Countries with hundreds of Lingam:
3,339 Malaysia715
875 Oman601
282 Fiji471
2,888 United Arab Emirates355
78,461 United States336
14,774 Saudi Arabia278
1,124 Singapore184
27,895 England137
20,401 Australia128
30,257 Canada111
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,628 Qatar94
5,585 Kuwait77
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,703 Burkina Faso30
19,801 New Zealand24
363,835 Thailand14
202,133 Philippines12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
98,400 Belgium7
340,600 Germany6
89,472 Belarus6
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