Lã Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Portugal

Lã Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lã Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: La (502,950), (46), (40), (10), (1) & (1) are calculated separately.

Lã Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lã occurs most in Algeria. It can appear as a variant: La, , , , or . For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lã? popularity and diffusion

Lã is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Lã occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Lã live; 25 percent live in North Africa and 25 percent live in Mahgreb.

Lã is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 38,631,551. Barring Algeria Lã is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and England, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La83502,950/
8346/
8340/
8310/
831/
831/
Luã8016/
Lãõ801/
Leão6721,665/
L673,285/
Lião673/
Lãnk671/
Lãța671/
Leãa671/

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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 Lã
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