Lancre Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lancre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lancre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1141:582,65577,962
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey11:51,8823,898

Lancre Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lancre is most common in France. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lancre click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lancre? popularity and diffusion

Lancre is the 1,674,734th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Lancre live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in France, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 582,655. In France Lancre is most prevalent in: Normandy, where 54 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 25 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 17 percent are found. Other than France this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Mexico, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lancret9247/
Lancrey9222/
Lancres922/
L'Ancre921/
Lancree920/
Lancred920/
Lancry831,195/
Lancri83131/
Lancer8382/
Lancir833/
Laincer77247/
Lancker7781/
Lancher7715/
Launcer774/
Lancray773/
Leanzre772/
Liancer771/
Lancrét771/
Lancrit771/
Lankrer771/
Longcre771/
Llancri771/
Llancer771/
Leancer771/
Lankere771/
Lankree771/
Lancear770/
Lansrey770/
Lankrey770/
Launcher718/
Lankrets713/
Lanckrit711/
Langcher711/
Lanker67933/
Lankri67760/
Lanjri67536/
Lankry67126/
Llanquire6729/
Lansri679/
Lainecker675/
Lankra672/
Lanckritt671/
Lanquerre671/
Lonsre671/
Loncer671/
Lanzry671/
Landsreid671/
Lamcri671/
Lansry671/
Leangcher671/

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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 Lancre
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