Lanyen Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Lanyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Lanyen (14) may also be a first name.
Lanyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lanyen occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lanyen.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lanyen are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lanyen is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 14 people.
The last name Lanyen is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Lamwo District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Uganda Lanyen is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and Spain, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Lanyen
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