<p>If my last name was "Lingala" what ethnicity would you think I was?</p>
<p>African(10 char)</p>
<p>well, lingala is a language spoken in the republic of congo, so i would say from there or the surrounding areas</p>
<p>haha I find this really funny. (this is about a friend) </p>
<p>another question, do you think if an admissions officer saw that last name on a college application, they would believe that person to be at least part african?</p>
<p>(edit: she's not, she's indian)</p>
<p>Indian, because Linga in Hindi means dick.</p>
<p>hahaha lol</p>
<p>It's Lingala not Linga.
I am pretty sure they would be able to guess by her first name[and possibly large name].</p>
<p>imran, that was completely unnecessary. </p>
<p>abhi08544: but she could be half african?
lol, it wouldnt really make a difference though, b/c if she really were she would have checked off african</p>
<p>"imran, that was completely unnecessary. "</p>
<p>it was a JOKE! chill out :)</p>
<p>Maybe. But if her first name sounds like South Indian then i doubt.</p>
<p>what is anuradha?
i think its a popular indian name though</p>
<p>I think Anuradha is Indian (or atleast it sounds Indian)
If the person's last name is Lingala, colleges still see the first name and the first names of the parents, so if the first names are like really Indian, then a college would probably assume Indian.</p>
<p>ya Anuradha's Indian (south indian at that too, i believe). Your lingala friend might possibly be a half East-African/Indian combo; there's a large Indian population that lives in Kenya (and in other parts of East Africa in particular) so interracial mixing woudln't be that surprising.</p>
<p>^well, I kinda doubt that, unless it was from generations ago, b/c her parents and grandparents were born in/lived in India.</p>
<p>'Anuradha' is very, very Indian indeed; not necessarily from the South, really, but quite identifiable.</p>