Flanan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Flanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Flanan (47) may also be a first name.

Flanan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flanan is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Flanan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flanan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 25 percent of Flanan live; 25 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 47 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Australia Flanan occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent live and The Philippines, where 25 percent live.

Flanan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flanan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flanan last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flangan92125/
Flanhan9211/
Flagnan928/
Flahnan927/
Flanaan923/
Flannan923/
Flanand922/
Fleanan921/
Flanngan8611/
Flanahan863/
Flaingan861/
Flangnan861/
Flanhean861/
Flangaan861/
Flannank860/
Flamnann860/
Flahanan860/
Flannann860/
Flangain860/
Flanon8311/
Flonan834/
Flenan830/
Flannahan8011/
Flainngan800/
Phlanan77173/
Flonand770/
Flennan770/
Phlainan711/
Villanan711/
Flottnan711/
Flenon67389/
Flénon671/
Vllahanan671/

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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 Flanan
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