Lanway Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lanway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1711:2,119,643134,411
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Lanway Last Name Facts

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

Lanway is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lanway.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lanway is the 1,310,135th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. Lanway occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Lanway live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 2,119,643. In The United States Lanway is most frequent in: Michigan, where 21 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Washington, where 16 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside.

Lanway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lanway has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 489 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lanway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lanway last name are 10.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.45% registered to vote for the political party.

Lanway earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.03% less than the national average, earning $41,412 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lannway920/
Lanwa91535/
Lianwa838/
Lanbay835/
Lanwai832/
Lanwey831/
Lanvay831/
Lainwa831/
Laanwa831/
Lonway831/
Lanuhay7712/
Lasinwa779/
Latinwa773/
Lyanwua771/
Lonhway771/
Lianhwa771/
Lamways770/
Lanwi731,488/
Lamwa73494/
Lanwe73239/
Lanba7398/
Lonwa7345/
Lanua7343/
Lanva7321/
Lanvy733/
Lanby732/
Languhay7120/
Lassinwa713/
Leanwhat710/
Lambay67675/
Lanvad67249/
Lamwai67151/
Lanwei6749/
Lamwas6742/
Lainua6737/
Lanbuy6729/
Lanvat6725/
Lanwes6721/
Lanhua6711/
Lonbay678/
Lanbai676/
Lannby676/
Lanweh676/
Lanmba675/
Lanbau674/
Lanuea673/
Lanbey673/
Lanboy673/
Hlanba672/
Liamwa672/
Lanwie672/
Lamwat672/
Laynwe672/
Lanvau671/
Lanbea671/
Lanvoy671/
Lamnwi671/
Laassenwa671/
Laanwi671/
Llanua671/
Lanuoy671/
Lanvey671/
Lanwou671/
Lagnua671/
Lonwua671/
Lonwah671/
Lanwui671/
Hlonwa671/
Leanby670/
Laanwe670/
Lomway670/

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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 Lanway
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