Lanai Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Lanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Lanai (2,497) may also be a first name.
Lanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lanai (Arabic: اناي) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Lanai live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 147,738th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 2,497 people.
The last name Lanai is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 2,034,603. In Indonesia Lanai is most frequent in: Central Sulawesi, where 82 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 11 percent are found and West Sumatra, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Lanai is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent are found and Greece, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lanai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lanai in the Arabic language | ||
| اناي | anay | - |
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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 Lanai
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