Lankaster Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Lankaster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lankaster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia551:2,620,419149,158
Belarus101:950,10668,851
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Lankaster (22) may also be a first name.

Lankaster Last Name Facts

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

Lankaster (Russian: Ланкастер) is found most in Russia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankaster? popularity and diffusion

Lankaster is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Lankaster are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 22 people.

This last name is most widely held in Russia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 2,620,419. In Russia Lankaster is primarily found in: Moscow, where 35 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 18 percent live and Voronezh Oblast, where 7 percent live. Beside Russia Lankaster is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Lankaster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lankaster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lankaster last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 97 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lankaster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lankaster last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 37.5% registered to vote for the party.

Lankaster earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 69.41% less than the national average, earning $13,200 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lankaster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lankaster in the Russian language
Ланкастерlankaster-

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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 Lankaster
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