La Ferte Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Canada

La Ferte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Ferte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France101:6,642,272293,169
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: La Ferté (2) are calculated separately.

La Ferte Last Name Facts

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

La Ferte occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: La Ferté. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 4,307,654th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. La Ferte occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of La Ferte are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

La Ferte is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France it is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 90 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Barring France this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 43 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

La Ferte Last Name Statistics demography

La Ferte earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 22.94% less than the national average, earning $38,287 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Ferté962/
La Fertte941/
La Fert934/
La Forte8868/
La Fortie820/
Le Fert801/
lo Forte75829/
La Forty759/
Le Forte754/
La Verty753/
La Fairette740/
Le Vert6749/
lo Forti6381/
La-Verty635/
Le Verd531/

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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 La Ferte
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