La Faille Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

La Faille Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Faille Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1261:134,02520,684
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

La Faille Last Name Facts

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

The surname La Faille is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name La Faille? popularity and diffusion

La Faille is the 1,573,888th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of La Faille reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 134,025. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 50 percent reside, South Holland, where 15 percent reside and Utrecht, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands La Faille occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

La Faille Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of La Faille has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the La Faille surname decreased 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 La Faille
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis