Lääne Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Lääne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lääne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia4561:2,899199
Finland211:261,74820,300
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Laane (861) are calculated separately.

Lääne Last Name Facts

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

Lääne is found in Estonia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Laane. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lääne? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 633,196th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The last name Lääne occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lääne live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Estonia, where it is borne by 456 people, or 1 in 2,899. Not including Estonia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 4 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lään8966/
Läne895/
Laane87861/
Lähne8037/
Länne8027/
Lne7513/
Län753/
Lane67252,540/
Lone6793,354/
Line6713,281/
Lyne676,787/
Lene673,652/
Lune671,990/
Lähn67228/
Løne6753/
Länn6747/
Lüne6712/
Hlne674/
Lnee673/
Lnhe673/
Lène673/
Lnei672/
Liän671/
Lnie671/
Léne671/
Löne671/
Līne671/
Lnye671/
Lnoe671/
Lnne670/

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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 Lääne
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