Lancastre Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Lancastre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lancastre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal3681:28,3101,809
France2201:301,92146,106
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lancastre Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lancastre is found most in Portugal. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lancastre? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 539,451st most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Lancastre are found; 62 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 62 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name Lancastre is most numerous in Portugal, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 28,310. Excluding Portugal Lancastre occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 37 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

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Lancastre Reference & Research

Lancaster DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Lancaster FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Lancastre
  • 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