Lortan Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lortan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lortan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2241:241,86524,757
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Lortan Last Name Facts

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

Lortan (Russian: Лортан) is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lortan? popularity and diffusion

Lortan is the 988,329th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Lortan live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 241,865. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 66 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and Western Cape, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Lortan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lortan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lortan surname declined 37 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lortan Last Name Statistics demography

Lortan earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 107.33% more than the national average, earning R 492,696 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lorthan9217/
Lortang921/
Lortane921/
Lourtan921/
Lourtane86120/
Lourthan863/
Lortaine861/
Lorton832,455/
Lartan837/
Lertan832/
Lartang77820/
Lerthan7714/
Lortong776/
Lartain775/
Lartaun771/
Lorthon771/
Lhorton770/
Lortton770/
Lorthong7152/
L'Horton711/
Lourtong711/
L'Gorton711/
Larrtang711/
Lurton67308/
Larton6785/
Lordthong6721/
Lerton672/
Lortthong671/
Lartanova671/
Lortom671/
Lartthang671/
Lerttahan671/
Lartam670/
Lhordthong635/
Lurthon622/
Laerton622/
Lartham622/
Hlartam621/
Larthong573/
Larteyne570/
Lartonova533/

Lortan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lortan in the Russian language
Лортанlortan-

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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 Lortan
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