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There are approximately 3,286 people named Lingard in the UK. That makes it the 3,038th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 52 are named Lingard.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Linegar
Linard
Lingad
Lingaard
Lingaird
Linegard
Lingair
Liengard
Linegaard
Liiengard
Liengaard
Langard
Lengard
Lincard
Lindgard
Liiengaard
Linagar
Lignard
Lenghard
Langhard
Langarde
Langaard
Linga

The Lingard surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LINGARD. INIr. Ferguson thinks that Lingard and Linnegar may be inversions of the 0. nigh Germ. Girlaud, a name compounded of gcr, a spear, and lind, the limetree; figui'ativcly a shield — because shields are made of that wood.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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