Lankara Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Lankara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lankara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Lankara (289) may also be a first name.

Lankara Last Name Facts

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

Lankara (Marathi: लंकरा, Russian: Ланкара) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankara? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Lankara reside; 53 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 519,842nd most common first name on earth, held by 289 people.

Lankara is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Beside Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 32 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Langkara9323/
Langkarat8823/
Lankaraya881/
Lankari864,875/
Lancara86309/
Lankare8617/
Lonkara862/
Lankary861/
Lankarge8042/
Lainkari8034/
Langcara806/
Langkari803/
Launkare802/
Lankhera802/
Launkhare755/
Lancari7160/
Lankoro7128/
Lonkare7122/
Lonkari7122/
Lancaro7112/
Lamkharrat7111/
Lancare711/
Lankairesh711/
Láncara711/
Lamkare711/
Llancari671,820/
Llancare67183/
Lancares6715/
Llancary6711/
Lamkhare672/
Liancari671/
Laancari671/
Lankouri671/
Langkero671/
Lankhore671/
Lancaret671/
Lanquary670/

Lankara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lankara in the Marathi language
लंकराlankara-
Lankara in the Russian language
Ланкараlankara-

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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 Lankara
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