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
Lanai (Arabic: اناي) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lanai.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lanai is the 1,518,885th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Lanai is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Lanai are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 48 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 147,738th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 2,497 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 2,034,603. In Indonesia Lanai is mostly found in: Central Sulawesi, where 82 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 11 percent live and West Sumatra, where 6 percent live. Barring Indonesia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 12 percent live and Greece, where 11 percent live.
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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