Lanagan Surname

360,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Lanagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6551:553,37245,711
Australia1971:137,03414,802
England851:655,50738,035
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Wales91:343,83718,086
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland421:105,4736,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1251:195,00315,655
Scotland181:207,9567,652
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3471:144,72213,555

Lanagan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lanagan is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanagan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 360,343rd most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 7,251,289 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Lanagan reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Lanagan is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 655 people, or 1 in 553,372. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 22 percent are found, Texas, where 11 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Lanagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lanagan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lanagan surname rose 189 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 32 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 57 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lanagan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lanagan surname is chiefly Catholic (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Lanagan surname are 3.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

Lanagan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.24% less than the national average, earning $42,613 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Lanagan
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