Lanken Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lanken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Lanken (386) may also be a first name.

Lanken Last Name Facts

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

Lanken is most common in Malawi. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 846,108th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Lanken reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lanken is also the 441,020th most common given name world-wide, held by 386 people.

The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.

Lanken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lanken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lanken last name grew 253 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lanken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lanken surname are 39.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lanken earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 16.78% less than the national average, earning $35,908 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.9% less than the national average, earning $39,297 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lancken9254/
Langken928/
Lankend920/
Lankienė8685/
Hlankeng861/
Lankin832,017/
Lankyn8382/
Lancen8337/
Lonken838/
Lasnkn831/
Lankina771,236/
Lanchen77161/
Lankyna77108/
Lyankin7732/
Langkin7729/
Lamcken7725/
Longken773/
Lanquen771/
Lonkeun771/
Loncken771/
Lanckin770/
Lianchen7197/
Llanquen7153/
Lyankina7136/
Longkien7114/
Latinkin7110/
Leanchen711/
Langchen711/
Lannking711/
Liankina711/
Lannchen710/
Lancin67523/
Liangchen67306/
Lonkin67260/
Lonkyn6712/
Lamkem672/
Lanqin672/

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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 Lanken
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