Lantern Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Lantern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lantern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
England71:7,959,723202,100
China41:341,830,39216,990
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
France21:33,211,361423,184
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Lantern (42) may also be a first name.

Lantern Last Name Facts

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

Lantern occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lantern? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,817,111th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Lantern occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Lantern reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lantern is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 42 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States Lantern is mostly concentrated in: Mississippi, where 44 percent live, Kentucky, where 7 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Lantern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lantern has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 35 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lantern Last Name Statistics demography

Lantern earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.95% less than the national average, earning $28,930 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lanterne93386/
Lanthern930/
Lantergne882/
Lantarn864/
Lantorn862/
Lamtern861/
Lanthorn80234/
Lantorin8011/
Lamteryn802/
Lantiren801/
Lamterin801/
Landthorn7514/
Lontorin6727/

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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 Lantern
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