Last Name LINCOLN

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Meaning Local: Of Lincoln, the cathedral city of the shire of that name. Teh surname has ramified strongly in the United States.
Local: From Lincoln in England. 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 here divides into three streams.
Local: Of Lincoln, the cathedral city of the shire of that name. The surname has ramified strongly in the United States.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 2,068 (2000 US census) 2,129 (1990 US census)
Count 16,070 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.44%, or 12445 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.69%, or 2200 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.14%, or 183 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 3.78%, or 607 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.15%, or 346 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.79%, or 288 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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