The Lingua surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 102 people carried this name — #148,244 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Lingua.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Lingua live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lingua.
- 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
- Linger 1,830 · 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
- Lintz 1,966 · U.S. census
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