Lanka meaning | Last name Lanka origin

Following is the meaning of Lanka surname. Family name Lanka is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Lanka
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Sri Lanka
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lanka

Lanka is used as a family name or surname in Sri Lanka languages. Lanka has 5 characters long in length.

Lanka is common in Sri Lanka country(ies).

Lanka is ranked 7926 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lankas grew by 48.24281 per cent to 464 since 2000 and ranked 45959 after elevating 14271 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 56.68 37.06
White 41.38 59.11

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Lanka

How popular is Lanka?

Lanka is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Sri Lanka is ahead in terms of density. Around 68245 people have been found who wears Lanka as their family name. Lanka is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,441 Georgia8
13,220 Thailand6
2,987 Maldives5
16,605 Austria3
3,949 Botswana3
4,104 South Korea2
89,020 Tanzania2
20,595 China2
34,572 Israel2
19,093 Finland2
124,220 Italy2
3,940 Ethiopia2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
10,284 Kuwait2
14,004 Hungary2
12,844 Pakistan2
6,900 Oman2
34,681 Norway2
7,110 Bosnia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
10,958 Bangladesh1
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Celebrities having Lanka surname

Anuradha Lanka Jayaratne Sri Lankan Politician
Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Ayatollah
Ranidu Lankage Musical Artist
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani Medical doctor
Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Ayatollah
Ranidu Lankage Musical Artist
Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Ayatollah
Anuradha Lanka Jayaratne Sri Lankan Politician
Satyam Lanka Actor
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani Medical doctor
  • Wishwa Lanka, from 2015 comedy flick My Name Is Bandu, who characterized the Wishwa.

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