Lanczek Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Lanczek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanczek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland291:1,310,64781,985
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Lanczek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lanczek is more frequently found in Poland than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanczek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lanczek is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Lanczek are found; 62 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 62 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Poland, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 1,310,647. Aside from Poland Lanczek occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lanczyk8619/
Lancsek8618/
Lanscek8610/
Lamczek867/
Lonczek867/
Lanczik863/
Lanchek861/
Laincsek8013/
Lainscek8013/
Landczik806/
Lamczeck801/
Landzeck800/
Leczek77104/
Loncek7713/
Laczyk778/
Lancík775/
Lancik775/
Lonzek772/
Lanček771/
Landschek7544/
Lanchec71172/
Lontzek7188/
Lonczyk7171/
Landscheck7131/
Loncsek7122/
Lanchyk7119/
Lanchik7119/
Lonzeck718/
Lamczik716/
Liancik714/
Lonczik712/
Lonchek711/
Lancsik711/
Lajnček711/
Lamczick6712/
Lianchik6711/
Lanchick6710/
Lyanchik679/
Llamczyk671/
Lyanchyk671/

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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 Lanczek
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