Lankes Surname

145,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lankes Surname User-submission:

Lankes is a North German surname, referring to someone who lived by a hill or river, from Middle High German for 'side', 'flank'.

Lankes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,5991:30,9764,081
United States2771:1,308,51691,569
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
India311:24,744,045333,161
Austria271:315,38635,058
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
England91:6,190,895170,599
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Lankes (862) may also be a first name.

Lankes Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lankes is a North German surname, referring to someone who lived by a hill or river, from Middle High German for 'side', 'flank'.

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Lankes Last Name Facts

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

Lankes (Hindi: लंकेश, Russian: Ланкес) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lankes is the 145,828th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,394,856 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Lankes live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe. Lankes is also the 277,316th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 862 people.

Lankes is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 2,599 people, or 1 in 30,976. In Germany Lankes is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 59 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Lankes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lankes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lankes last name increased 3,463 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 113 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lankes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lankes surname are 8.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.9% registered with the party.

The amount Lankes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 128.86% more than the national average, earning R 543,852 per year and in United States they earn 3.92% less than the national average, earning $41,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lankesh9231/
Lankesz9218/
Langkes922/
Lanckes922/
Lankess921/
Lankesse862/
Lances8357/
Lankis8346/
Lankys8310/
Lankez831/
Lamkes831/
Lonkes830/
Lankesová801/
Lanches77128/
Lankios7717/
Llances7712/
Langkis776/
Lankish775/
Lankisz773/
Lonkese771/
Lanckis771/
Lanques771/
Liances771/
Lankisch71157/
Lanquest7167/
Langkise7142/
Lanchesh711/
Langkiss710/
Lancis67328/
Lancez6744/
Lonces672/
Lancís671/

Lankes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lankes in the Hindi language
लंकेशlankesa-
Lankes in the Russian language
Ланкесlankes-

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