Last Name LANA

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Name LANA is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'ЛАНА'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'LANA'
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Origin Russian, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Belarusian

Rank 25,865 (2000 US census) 31,662 (1990 US census)
Count 893 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 64.05%, or 572 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.84%, or 70 total occurrences, as black,
  • 4.37%, or 39 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 20.72%, or 185 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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