Lanwehr Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lanwehr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanwehr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2151:374,44435,419
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Lanwehr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lanwehr occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lanwehr click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanwehr? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,025,894th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Lanwehr live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 374,444. In Germany Lanwehr is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Berlin, where 7 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.

Lanwehr Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lanwehr last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the political party.

Lanwehr earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lanweher931/
Lanwer9276/
Lanweh926/
Lanwert8673/
Lanwerd8611/
Lanwe83239/
Lanwerth804/
Lanver7785/
Lanwei7749/
Lanber7727/
Lanwes7721/
Lanwie772/
Laynwe772/
Lanwey771/
Lanuer771/
Laanwe770/
Lanvier7136/
Lanvert7112/
Lianwei719/
Lianber716/
Lyanber711/
Lainber711/
Lamwert711/
Lamwesh711/
Lamwher710/
Lanwich710/
Lanwith710/
Lanbear710/
Lanwi671,488/
Lamwe67873/
Lanwa67535/
Lanbe67228/
Lanve67143/
Lanue6717/
Laanvere6711/
Lonwe678/
Lianbeer674/
Leanbeir670/

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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 Lanwehr
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