Erlanger Surname

367,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 979 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Erlanger Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Erlangen, a town in Bavaria.

Erlanger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4641:781,16160,501
Israel3781:22,6393,345
Switzerland411:200,31517,548
England371:1,505,89364,828
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
France51:13,284,544357,392
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Erlanger (98) may also be a first name.

Erlanger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Erlangen, a town in Bavaria.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Erlanger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Erlanger (Russian: Эрлангер) occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Erlanger.

How Common Is The Last Name Erlanger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Erlanger is the 367,731st most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,443,867 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Erlanger reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 956,749th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 98 people.

The surname Erlanger is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 781,161. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 26 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States Erlanger occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 39 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

Erlanger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Erlanger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Erlanger surname expanded 1,406 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Erlanger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Erlanger surname are 13.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.44% registered with the political party.

The amount Erlanger earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 10.64% more than the national average, earning $47,741 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.53% less than the national average, earning $40,976 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Erlanger Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Erlanger in the Russian language
Эрлангерerlanger-

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