MacLanachan Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
MacLanachan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
MacLanachan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacLanachan Come From? nationality or country of origin
MacLanachan occurs most in Scotland. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name MacLanachan? popularity and diffusion
The surname MacLanachan is the 4,206,983rd most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname MacLanachan occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of MacLanachan live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.
The surname MacLanachan is most frequent in Scotland, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 267,691. In Scotland it is mostly concentrated in: North Lanarkshire, where 50 percent live, Falkirk, where 40 percent live and Dundee City, where 5 percent live. Beside Scotland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Hungary, where 5 percent live.
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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
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- 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
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