Lanks Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Lanks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Lanks (10) may also be a first name.

Lanks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lanks (Marathi: लंका, Russian: Ланкс) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,727,723rd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Lanks are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 4,530,737. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 31 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live and North Carolina, where 15 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Lanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lanks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lanks last name expanded 571 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lanks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lanks surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the political party.

Lanks earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.9% more than the national average, earning $57,347 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lhanks911/
Lainks910/
Lancks910/
Langkås8370/
Lanksch8329/
Launcks831/
Langs801,211/
Lonks8032/
Lamks801/
Langås73493/
Laings7329/
Langsø7315/
Langse738/
Langst734/
Loncks732/
Lancse731/
Langsch67195/
Lanx674/
Lacings672/
Lanchsz671/
Lõks671/
Liamkse671/
Langstt671/

Lanks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lanks in the Marathi language
लंकाlanka-
Lanks in the Russian language
Ланксlanks-

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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 Lanks
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