Lafia Forename

75,133rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 7,351 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Lafia Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Lafia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin
 
78%
5,8101:1,820417
Mali
 
60%
9941:17,0801,278
Nigeria
72%
 
3071:578,38617,355
Niger
 
89%
681:282,1187,039
Burkina Faso
88%
 
381:483,67016,642
Indonesia-261:9,921,680317,188
Senegal
 
71%
201:729,0687,924
United States
100%
131:27,887,460205,684
Cameroon
100%
121:1,800,87540,142
Lebanon
100%
101:562,7576,675
Ivory Coast
 
60%
81:2,884,49256,420
Oman
100%
51:821,7336,168
Bangladesh-41:39,865,34224,379
Iraq
50%
 
41:8,754,46516,071
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Philippines
50%
 
31:35,336,492343,681
Papua New Guinea
50%
 
21:4,076,157155,819
Afghanistan
100%
21:16,311,75848,279
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Mauritania
100%
11:4,095,23927,701
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Malta-11:429,3603,141

Lafia (17,536) may also be a surname.

Lafia Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafiah9122/
Lafija9121/
Latfia9110/
Lafiat917/
Laffia915/
Leafia914/
Lafiea913/
Laafia913/
Lafiha912/
Lahfia912/
Laufia912/
Laefia911/
Laifia911/
Liafia911/
Lafiaz911/
Lafias911/
Lafoyia833/
Lafayia833/
Lafiath832/
Lasfiah832/
Lahtfia831/
Lahafia831/
Latfija831/
Lefia80323/
Lofia80144/
Lafya807/
Lafio805/
Lafea804/
Lafwi801/
Lafja801/
Luwaifia771/
Lafayiah771/
Lotfia73393/
Lafios7361/
Leyfia7320/
Laphia7316/
Laviah7315/
Lofiah735/
Leffia735/
Lofias733/
Leifia733/
Lofija733/
Lafeea732/
Lefiah732/
Lofiat732/
Leefia732/
Leafio732/
Loufia732/
Lafyat732/
Loffia731/
Leafea731/
Lafiot731/
Lefiha731/
Laifio731/
Loutfia6732/
Lootfia674/
Lafeeha673/
Lafoyya672/
Laphija672/
Lafw671/
Loodfia671/
Lowfias671/
Lafehai671/
Lafeeah671/
Lafayea671/
Leaphia671/
Laphias671/
Laphiah671/

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lafia