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Where Does The Last Name Lankenau Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Lankenau is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankenau? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 287,725^th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,462,928 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Lankenau are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 553 people, or 1 in 145,579. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 59 percent are found, Bremen, where 29 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Mexico, where 14 percent are found.

Lankenau Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Lankenau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lankenau last name increased 3,654 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lankenau Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Lankenau surname are 26.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.4% registered to vote for the political party.

Lankenau earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5% more than the national average, earning $45,307 USD per year.