Lanjau Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Lanjau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Lanjau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanjau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lanjau is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanjau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,718,172nd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Lanjau reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 776,164. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 87 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 11 percent live and Sabah, where 3 percent live. Besides Malaysia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
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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 Lanjau
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