Lanah Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Lanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Lanah (504) may also be a first name.
Lanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lanah (Arabic: لانه) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lanah is the 968,490th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Lanah reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lanah is also the 377,412th most commonly used given name globally It is held by 504 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Lanah is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 82 percent live and Taraba, where 18 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lanah in the Arabic language | ||
| لانه | lanh | - |
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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 Lanah
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