Lanfear Surname

332,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Lanfear Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Dweller at the Great Enclosure or Church [Cornish lan (= Welsh llan), an enclosure, church + fear, a mutated form of mear, mér, great] (English) for Langfear, q.v.

Lanfear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5621:644,94551,776
England3721:149,78014,332
Australia1061:254,67623,375
Wales251:123,7819,267
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1731:140,89812,691
Wales301:52,2812,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Lanfear Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Dweller at the Great Enclosure or Church [Cornish lan (= Welsh llan), an enclosure, church + fear, a mutated form of mear, mér, great] (English) for Langfear, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lower refers this name to Lanphear, which Arthur derives from Gael, lann-fear, a pikeman. The name is found in Cornwall, and may be derived from locality; from lan-veor, the great church.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

LANPHEAR: Gael, lann-fear, a pikeman. Arthur.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

LANPHEAR: "Lann—feur," Gaelic, grass—land; Lann—fear, a pike—man. Lann, an inclosure; a house; a church; land; a sword. Feur, grass; fear, a man.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Llanfair; a location name in North Wales.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Lanfear is a name that was represented by De Lanfar, or De Lanfare, in London in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Lanfear Last Name Facts

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

Lanfear occurs most in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanfear? popularity and diffusion

Lanfear is the 332,527th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,553,548 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Lanfear reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 562 people, or 1 in 644,945. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 14 percent live and Michigan, where 13 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Lanfear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lanfear has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lanfear last name rose 1,102 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 215 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lanfear Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lanfear are 6.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.19% registered with the political party.

The amount Lanfear earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.42% more than the national average, earning $47,644 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.48% less than the national average, earning $44,478 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Llanfear932/
Lanfer921,146/
Lanfar9210/
Lanfair86407/
Lanfier8656/
Lanfare8618/
Lanferd862/
Lanfaer862/
Lonfear861/
Lanfert861/
Lanfiar860/
Lanfere860/
Lanfard860/
Lanfeur860/
Lamfear860/
Lanffer860/
Lanfeer860/
Lanphear801,802/
Lampfear800/
Lanfre7750/
Lanfir7713/
Lamfer773/
Lanpheare7543/
Lanferová755/
Lamnphear751/
Lanpher71922/
Lonfier71184/
Lanphar71164/
Lamfier712/
Lampfer710/
Lamfert710/
Lamfair710/
Lanphere67995/
Lamphear67930/
Lanphier67914/
Lanpheir6720/
Lanpheer6717/
Lanphaer675/
Lanfjord672/
Lanphair671/
Lanfourd671/
Lampfere671/
Leinffer671/
Lampfier670/
Lanpherr670/
Lanpheor670/
Lanphahr670/
Lonphear670/
Lanphare670/
Lampfert670/
Lanpheur670/

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