Family name Lincoln (Lincoln 
, 林肯 
, Линкольн 
, along with others...) , around the globe, is a common surname. The last name Lincoln is habitual in British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Mauritius, and Ghana, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Bangladesh. Likewise, Lincoln is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Lincoln | Bangladesh, Brazil, United States, Kenya, United Kingdom |
| 林肯 | China |
| Линкольн | Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| לינקולן | Israel |
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hugh of lincoln Bishop of Lincoln; Saint, FR (b. 1140) |
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| richard de lincoln Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1101) |
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| aaron of lincoln English financier (b. 1123) |
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hugh of lincoln Child saint and murder victim, GB (b. 1246) |
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| henry lincoln English politician (b. 1301) |
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| samuel lincoln Ancestor of Abraham Lincoln, GB (b. 1622) |
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| mordecai lincoln (1657-1727) (b. 1657) |
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benjamin lincoln Continental Army general (1733-1810), US (b. 1733) |
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| mordecai lincoln, jr. (1686-1736) (b. 1686) |
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levi lincoln United States attorney general and acting governor of Massachusetts (1749-1820), US (b. 1749) |
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| richard lincoln Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1702) |
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| richard lincoln Irish Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1707) |
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| john lincoln (1716-1788) (b. 1716) |
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thomas lincoln father of Abraham LIncoln, US (b. 1778) |
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levi lincoln, jr. Massachusetts Governor and Congressman (1782-1868), US (b. 1782) |
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