Lancang Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Lancang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lancang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Lancang (336) may also be a first name.

Lancang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lancang occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lancang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Lancang are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 477,199th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 336 people.

The surname Lancang is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 4,723,186. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Kalimantan, where 36 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 32 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 29 percent live. Beside Indonesia Lancang is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.

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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 Lancang
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