Lafada Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lafada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lafada Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lafada (Arabic: لافادا) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafada? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lafada is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Lafada live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Lafada is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laufada921/
Lafaydat8684/
Lafaidat862/
Laffaday860/
Lafady8327/
Lafado8314/
Lafade8313/
Lafadi834/
Lefada832/
Lafeda831/
Lafaydatt801/
Lahfadi772/
Lefaida772/
Hlafadi771/
Lofaida771/
Laphada771/
Lafader771/
Laffady770/
Laffoday7152/
Lafode671/
Lofade671/
Laphadi626/
Lafoudi622/
Lafoude621/
Laffode621/
Laafoudi57171/

Lafada Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lafada in the Arabic language
لافاداlafada-

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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 Lafada
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