Lanior Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lanior Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanior Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1021:1,736,69463,540
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Lanior (31) may also be a first name.

Lanior Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lanior occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanior? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Lanior are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.

Lanior is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 99 percent live and Taraba, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Lanior Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lanior has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lanior surname contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Llanior924/
Lanieor920/
Lanir91104/
Lanier8330,156/
Lanoir83454/
Lenior83390/
Langir8329/
Lanair8313/
Llanir8313/
Laneir8312/
Lanire8312/
Laniar8310/
Lanyor834/
Lamnir834/
Lanjor832/
Leanir832/
Lanhir831/
Lanird830/
Lannir830/
Lannier77566/
Launier77305/
Lanoire77158/
Langiar7729/
Langnor7723/
Laingir7721/
Leanier7714/
Laniear7712/
Lainier776/
Laniart776/
Lanoyre776/
Langair776/
Lainair773/
Lanierr772/
Lahnier772/
Lausnir771/
Llanojr771/
Lanhier771/
Lanaire771/
Lanjjor771/
Lanyohr770/
Langnir770/
Leanoir770/
Laynier770/
Launire770/
Leanhor770/
Lannair770/
Laner732,505/
Lanre731,133/
Lanér7322/
Lonir737/
Lanjr732/
Langgiar7187/
Launaire7132/
Lahanier7121/
Leaunier7111/
Langiahr711/
Leinnior711/
Laigneir711/
Lanjoire711/
Lamneour711/
Langnour710/
Laugnour710/
Langneir710/
Laignour710/
Langer6782,800/
Launer672,465/
Lahner671,989/
Lanjar671,788/
Lanner671,786/
Lainer671,151/
Latner67783/
Lasner67540/
Lagner67370/
Leaner67357/
Leniar67261/
Lanher67185/
Lanear67161/
Lanhar67139/
Lanyar67139/
Lonier67133/
Layner67129/
Lajner67103/
Lannér67101/
Lanert6781/
Lahannier6747/
Laneer6732/
Lainăr6727/
Lioner6725/
Hlaner6721/
Lanere6719/
Lanerd6716/
Lonjor679/
Laniarová676/
Lonair676/
Longir675/
Lianer674/
Llaner674/
Lanejr673/
Lounir673/
Lamnér673/
Lenjor672/
Leneor672/
Lanyre671/
Lainjr671/
Lonyor671/
Leanre671/
Lagnar671/
Lannèr671/
Lanreh671/
Langnorth670/
Lamner670/
Laneur670/
Lohnir670/
Lonire670/
Lainhiart670/
Lahanneir670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lanior
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