Lansana Surname
Approximately 30,119 people bear this surname
Lansana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 29,191 | 1:243 | 39 |
| Liberia | 508 | 1:8,678 | 995 |
| England | 100 | 1:557,181 | 34,216 |
| Philippines | 85 | 1:1,191,038 | 93,973 |
| Brazil | 79 | 1:2,709,802 | 80,941 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Guinea | 19 | 1:622,832 | 1,240 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Lansana (65,130) may also be a first name.
Lansana Demographics
Lansana Political Affiliation
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Lansana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lansana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lansana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻧﺴﺎﻧﺎ) is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lansana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,313th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 241,958 people. The last name Lansana occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lansana live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 14,787th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 65,130 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 29,191 people, or 1 in 243. Barring Sierra Leone Lansana occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Lansana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lansana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lansana surname increased 863 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lansana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lansana surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.54% registered with the political party.
Lansana earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.09% less than the national average, earning $37,934 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lansana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lansana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﻧﺴﺎﻧﺎ | lansana | - |
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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 Lansana
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