Lanyang Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Lanyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lanyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan351:669,8504,860
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China21:683,660,78330,601
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Lanyang (2,892) may also be a first name.

Lanyang Last Name Facts

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

Lanyang is more frequently found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lanyang? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,136,387th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. Lanyang occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Lanyang live; 47 percent live in East Asia and 47 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Lanyang is also the 135,123rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,892 people.

The surname is most common in Taiwan, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 669,850. In Taiwan it is mostly found in: New Taipei City, where 26 percent reside, Taichung City, where 17 percent reside and Yilan County, where 14 percent reside. Not including Taiwan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Lanyang
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