Lancanan Surname

620,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Lancanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lancanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4931:205,35132,280
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Lancanan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lancanan is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lancanan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 620,716th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Lancanan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

Lancanan is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 205,351. In The Philippines Lancanan is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 63 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 14 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 11 percent are found. Beside The Philippines this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Lancanan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis