The Linger surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,830 people carried this name — #14,849 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 141 people named Linger.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Loiret.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Linger live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Linger.
- Lindner 6,956 · U.S. census
- Lindor 619 · U.S. census
- Line 3,147 · U.S. census
- Linet 118 · U.S. census
- Ling 8,221 · U.S. census
- Linge 326 · U.S. census
- Lingua 102 · U.S. census
- Link 21,553 · U.S. census
- Linke 2,044 · U.S. census
- Linne 723 · U.S. census
- Lino 2,940 · U.S. census
- Linster 268 · U.S. census
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