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
Lanah (Arabic: لانه) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanah? popularity and diffusion
Lanah is the 968,490th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 27,192,336 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Lanah live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 377,412th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 504 people.
Lanah is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Lanah is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 82 percent are found and Taraba, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
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
- 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 Lanah
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