Lanchan Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Lanchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Lanchan (66) may also be a first name.
Lanchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lanchan (Marathi: लांचन, Oriya: ପଧାନ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanchan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Lanchan is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Lanchan are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lanchan is also the 1,201,840th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 66 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Lanchan is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lanchan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lanchan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଧାନ | padhana | - |
| Lanchan in the Marathi language | ||
| लांचन | lancana | 50 |
| लंचन | lancana | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Lanchan
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