Lazanakis Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Lazanakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lazanakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1591:69,68411,720
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Lazanakis Last Name Facts

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

Lazanakis is more commonly found in Greece than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lazanakis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,231,034th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Lazanakis live; 84 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

It is most common in Greece, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 69,684. In Greece Lazanakis is most numerous in: Crete, where 68 percent live, South Aegean, where 18 percent live and Attica, where 13 percent live. Excluding Greece it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Lazanakis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lazanakis earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 777.58% more than the national average, earning R 2,085,470 per year and in United States they earn 80.88% less than the national average, earning $8,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Latzanakis9513/
Lazzanakis952/
Lazanaki9471/
Lasanaki821/
Lajanaki821/
Lagiannakis802/
Lazanoski784/
Lozanoski67227/
Lasanoski677/
Lozanozski631/
Ložanoski5610/

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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 Lazanakis
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