Laafa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Laafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Laafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laafa occurs most in The DR Congo. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Laafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Laafa is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Laafa live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Laafa is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Barring The DR Congo Laafa occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
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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
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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
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