Lincoln vs Sterling

Lincoln

name
  • A city, the county seat of Logan County, Illinois. 

  • The capital city of Nebraska, and the county seat of Lancaster County. 

  • An English surname from Old English. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of American usage, originally in honor of Abraham Lincoln. 

  • A town in Providence County, Rhode Island. 

  • A town in Forest County, Wisconsin. 

  • A town on Lake Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada. 

  • Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States during the Civil War. 

  • A city and borough of Lincolnshire, England. 

  • A city in Placer County, California. 

  • A town in Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the Earl of Lincoln. 

noun
  • An English breed of sheep. 

  • A high-altitude, long-range bomber based on the Avro Lancaster. 

  • A five-dollar bill. 

  • A brand of American automobile. 

Sterling

name
  • A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado, United States. 

  • An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling. 

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling. 

  • A city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. 

  • A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. 

How often have the words Lincoln and Sterling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )