Lanks Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Lanks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Lanks (10) may also be a first name.
Lanks Demographics
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Lanks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lanks (Marathi: लंका, Russian: Ланкс) is found most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Lanks occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Lanks live; 71 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name internationally, held by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 4,530,737. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 31 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live and North Carolina, where 15 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Lanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lanks has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 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% being registered with 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
Lanks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lanks in the Marathi language | ||
| लंका | lanka | - |
| Lanks in the Russian language | ||
| Ланкс | lanks | - |
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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 Lanks
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