Explore the Family Name Lanfear

The meaning of Lanfear

Welsh and English: habitational name from any of the many places in Wales called Llanfair ‘church of Saint Mary’, from Welsh llan ‘church’ + Mair ‘Mary’, for example Llanfair Caereinion (Montgomeryshire). Compare Lamphear, Lamphere, Lamphier, Lanfair, Lanphear, Lanpher, Lanphere, and Lanphier.

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How common is the last name Lanfear in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Lanfear has risen from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 51,583 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, it had climbed to rank 46,902, marking a significant increase of 9.07%. Similarly, the count of people with the surname Lanfear also increased from 379 in 2000 to 453 in 2010, displaying an impressive growth of 19.53%. Even the proportion of individuals named Lanfear per 100k population saw an uptick from 0.14 in 2000 to 0.15 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,583	#46,902	9.07%
Count	379	453	19.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.15	7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lanfear

Turning to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Lanfear, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there has been little change between 2000 and 2010. The majority of the bearers of this surname identified as White, with a slight increase from 97.63% in 2000 to 98.68% in 2010. Meanwhile, a small percentage (1.32%) identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, with no recorded individuals in this ethnicity group carrying the Lanfear surname by 2010. There were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, two or more races, Hispanic, or Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.63%	98.68%	1.08%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.32%	0%	0%