Lankister Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Lankister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lankister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:17,259,949572,238
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Lankister Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lankister is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lankister.

How Common Is The Last Name Lankister? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Lankister is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Lankister live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Lankister is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 17,259,949. In The United States it is mostly found in: Oklahoma, where 95 percent reside and Wyoming, where 5 percent reside.

Lankister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lankister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lankister last name decreased 22 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lankister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lankister last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Lankister earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.31% less than the national average, earning $25,323 USD per year.

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Lankister Reference & Research

Lancaster DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Lancaster 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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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lankister
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis