Laafou Surname
Approximately 2,704 people bear this surname
Laafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2,249 | 1:15,330 | 2,288 |
| Algeria | 273 | 1:141,508 | 19,016 |
| France | 143 | 1:464,495 | 66,161 |
| Spain | 32 | 1:1,461,001 | 45,498 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Laafou (11) may also be a first name.
Laafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laafou occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Laafou.
How Common Is The Last Name Laafou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 161,121st most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,695,098 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Laafou live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The surname Laafou is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is carried by 2,249 people, or 1 in 15,330. Outside of Morocco this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 10 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Laafou
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