Lankford Surname

32,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lankford Surname Definition:

LANCFORD: John de Lancford was archdeacon of Caithness, 1358 (CSR., I, p. 131). Most probably an Englishman, from one or other of the eight places named Langford in England.

Lankford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,0491:22,5852,837
Australia1671:161,65116,786
England1081:515,90832,533
Ireland531:88,8485,029
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Guam11:160,1214,893
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4721:20,3152,570

Lankford (111) may also be a first name.

Lankford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

LANCFORD: John de Lancford was archdeacon of Caithness, 1358 (CSR., I, p. 131). Most probably an Englishman, from one or other of the eight places named Langford in England.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

For Langford, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lankford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lankford (Russian: Ланкфорд) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lankford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankford? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lankford is the 32,425th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 443,740 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Lankford reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 890,531st most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 111 people.

Lankford is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 16,049 people, or 1 in 22,585. In The United States Lankford is most frequent in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, Tennessee, where 9 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Lankford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lankford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lankford surname increased 649 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 309 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 1,060 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lankford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Lankford last name are 18.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.79% being registered with the party.

Lankford earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.01% less than the national average, earning $40,124 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lankford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lankford in the Russian language
Ланкфордlankford-

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Lankford Reference & Research

Langford/Lankford FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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