Lafaev Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Lafaev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lafaev Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia391:3,695,463185,353
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Lafaev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lafaev (Russian: Лафаев) occurs in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafaev? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lafaev is the 3,100,440th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lafaev live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Lafaev is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 3,695,463. In Russia Lafaev is primarily concentrated in: Volgograd Oblast, where 79 percent live, Republic of Tatarstan, where 8 percent live and Moscow, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Russia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Belarus, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafev916/
Lafav910/
Lafeev834/
Lefaev833/
Lafaeff7713/
Leyfaev771/
Lefev7316/
Lafov7310/
Lefav730/
Lafeef6789/
Laphav6737/
Lafief6714/
Layfov676/
Lefeev671/
Lafeaf671/
Lofiev671/
Lofeev671/
Laphaiv624/
Lofajova574/
Lafeuffe571/
Lefov552/
Loffayova532/
Lafouf501/
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Lafaev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lafaev in the Russian language
Лафаевlafaev-

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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 Lafaev
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