Lainan Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Lainan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 169 | 1:417,978 | 73,233 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Lainan (542) may also be a first name.
Lainan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lainan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lainan is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lainan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lainan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Lainan reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 361,930th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 542 people.
The surname Lainan is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 417,978. In Thailand Lainan is most common in: Suphan Buri Province, where 69 percent reside, Chiang Rai Province, where 18 percent reside and Bangkok, where 5 percent reside. Other than Thailand this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Lainan
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