Lanfant Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lanfant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanfant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2341:283,85843,588
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lanfant Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lanfant is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanfant? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lanfant is the 1,041,601st most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Lanfant live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 283,858. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 44 percent are found, Normandy, where 18 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent are found. Beside France it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Lanfant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lanfant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lanfant surname grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lanfan9212/
Lanfang8628/
Lanfain861/
Lonfant861/
Lianfang8013/
Lanffont801/
Lanfon774/
Lanphan717/
Lanfond716/
Lanfham711/
Lanphang673/
Lanphean670/

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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 Lanfant
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