Delafayette Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Delafayette Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delafayette Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Delafayette (10) may also be a first name.

Delafayette Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Delafayette Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Delafayette occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Delafayette? popularity and diffusion

The last name Delafayette is the 5,213,395th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Delafayette occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Delafayette reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 33 percent reside, Utah, where 33 percent reside and Texas, where 17 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside and Russia, where 7 percent reside.

Delafayette Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Delafayette has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Delafayette surname increased 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Delafayette Last Name Statistics demography

Delafayette earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.68% less than the national average, earning $26,889 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delafyette950/
Delafaite80310/
Delafait741/
Deulofeutt6763/
Deuloffeutt641/
Delofeut631/
Deulofeut60179/
Deleufeut601/
Deulofeuth5736/
Deuloufeut576/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Delafayette
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