Laaff Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Laaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Laaff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Laaff occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laaff? popularity and diffusion

Laaff is the 2,746,821st most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Laaff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Laaff are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Berlin, where 26 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Laaff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Laaff last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Laaff earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Laaff
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