Laafia Surname
Approximately 699 people bear this surname
Laafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Algeria | 244 | 1:158,326 | 20,297 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Laafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Laafia is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laafia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 477,903rd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,425,674 people. The surname Laafia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Laafia live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
It is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 77,824. Other than Morocco this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 35 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafia | 91 | 17,536 | / |
| Lafias | 83 | 38 | / |
| Lafiah | 83 | 22 | / |
| Laefia | 83 | 7 | / |
| Llafia | 83 | 5 | / |
| Laffia | 83 | 5 | / |
| Laifia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lafiat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Liafia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Latfia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hlafia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lafiaz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lafiay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lafiaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Laufia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lafihah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hlaifia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lofia | 73 | 9 | / |
| Lefia | 73 | 7 | / |
| Lafio | 73 | 4 | / |
| Laphia | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lefiaa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lotfia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leafea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laviah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Laafia
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