Erlangen Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Erlangen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Erlangen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Erlangen (13) may also be a first name.

Erlangen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Erlangen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Erlangen is most common in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Erlangen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Erlangen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Erlangen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Erlangen live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. Erlangen is also the 3,159,357th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 44 percent are found and Spain, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erlagen9311/
Erlingen8855/
Erlhagen8817/
Erlansen882/
Eerlingen82125/
Erlhansen822/
Earlingen820/
Erlanine751/
Airlanggeng743/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Erlangen
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