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

The last name Lankara (Marathi: लंकरा, Russian: Ланкара) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankara? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lankara is the 4,532,898th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Lankara is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Lankara live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 519,842nd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 289 people.

Lankara is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Besides Sri Lanka this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 32 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.

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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