Lineker is a surname of medieval English origin, a variant spelling of the name found also as ''Linacre'', ''Linaker'', ''Linneker'', ''Liniker'', ''Linnecor'', ''Linnecar'', ''Linegar'' and ''Linnegar''. As of about 2016, 411 people bore one or another variant of this surname in Great Britain and 6 in Ireland; in 1881, 155 people in Great Britain bore one.
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