Lanya Surname
Approximately 785 people bear this surname
Lanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 625 | 1:73,888 | 6,922 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lànya (1) are calculated separately.
Lanya (737) may also be a first name.
Lanya Demographics
Average Lanya Salary in
South Africa
R 39,252
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lanya (Arabic: لانيا, Hindi: लाण्या, Marathi: लान्या, Russian: Ланя) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Lànya. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 437,080th most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,283,498 people. The last name Lanya is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Lanya reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 303,201st most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 737 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 625 people, or 1 in 73,888. In Kenya Lanya is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 70 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 26 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.
Lanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Lanya last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Lanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.48% less than the national average, earning R 39,252 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lanya in the Marathi language | ||
| लान्या | lan'ya | 73.68 |
| लाण्या | lanya | 26.32 |
| Lanya in the Hindi language | ||
| लाण्या | lanya | 33.33 |
| लन्या | lan'ya | 33.33 |
| लान्या | lan'ya | 33.33 |
| Lanya in the Russian language | ||
| Ланя | lana | - |
| Lanya in the Arabic language | ||
| لانيا | lanya | - |
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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 Lanya
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