Lanton Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Lanton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4471:810,87062,361
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Norway241:214,26224,079
France181:3,690,151224,666
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
England41:13,929,515290,718
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:328,22725,501

Lanton (145) may also be a first name.

Lanton Last Name Facts

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

Lanton (Russian: Лантон) is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanton? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 549,140th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,521,557 people. The surname Lanton occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Lanton reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lanton is also the 766,399th most widespread forename in the world, held by 145 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 447 people, or 1 in 810,870. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 16 percent are found, New York, where 12 percent are found and Tennessee, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States Lanton occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 5 percent are found and Norway, where 4 percent are found.

Lanton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lanton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lanton last name expanded 292 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lanton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Lanton last name are 4.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.16% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lanton earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.55% more than the national average, earning 382,589 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.05% less than the national average, earning $40,106 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lanton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lanton in the Russian language
Лантонlanton-

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Lanton Reference & Research

Langton / Lenton FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Langton / Lenton 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 Lanton
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