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    The surname Lanfear

    A Cornish surname, carried by 453 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L516

    Lanfear: #46,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lanfear #46,902, 453 people Lanfear: #46,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lanfear #46,902, 453 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lanfear is more common than 71.1% of them.

    Origin

    Cornish origin

    A Cornish surname, with the first element being from lann (“enclosure (religious)”).

    One of 18 Cornish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 453 people named Lanfear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 681,557 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 379.

    #46,902
    rank among US surnames
    453
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.5%
    change since 2000 (was #51,583)

    Who is named Lanfear

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    99% of people named Lanfear identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 99%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Lanfear

    Lanfear has the Soundex code L516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L516.

    Other Cornish surnames

    All 18 Cornish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lanfear come from?
    A Cornish surname, with the first element being from lann (“enclosure (religious)”).
    How common is the surname Lanfear?
    453 people in the United States had the surname Lanfear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 681,557 Americans. It ranked 46,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lanfear?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Lanfear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lanfear getting more or less common?
    More common. 379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 453 in 2010, up 20%.
    What are other spellings of Lanfear?
    Lamphear, Lamphere, Lanphear, Lanpher, Lanphere and Lanphier.