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The LANHAM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 9,689 3379 0.004 36
United States (1880 census) 1,707 3435 0.003 34
Change since 1880 +7982 +56 +0.001 +2
Other Countries
Australia 504 3190 0.003 31
United Kingdom 715 6812 0.002 16
Top States for LANHAM by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 1,390 467 0.034 344
West Virginia 1,003 262 0.055 555
Ohio 756 1965 0.007 67
Texas 652 3725 0.003 31
Indiana 572 1402 0.009 94
Top States for LANHAM by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 1,003 262 0.055 555
Kentucky 1,390 467 0.034 344
Indiana 572 1402 0.009 94
Maryland 374 1774 0.007 71
Missouri 378 2104 0.007 68

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LANHAM live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LANHAM represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LANHAM in Kentucky than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LANHAM by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LANHAM

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LANHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LANHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LANHAM in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 443 4.57
White (Hispanic) 149 1.54
Mixed Race 142 1.47
Native American/Alaskan 72 0.74
Asian/Pacific 38 0.39
White (Caucasian) 8,845 91.29

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LANHAM surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LANHAM in historical publications

A contraction of Lavenham, a town in Suffolk, England; whence the family originally came. Welsh, Llyfn, a smooth, level place.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to LANHAM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LANHAM.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LANHAM

The following words are slight variants of LANHAM that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.