Lafah Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Lafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 135 | 1:63,390 | 7,977 |
| Jordan | 60 | 1:147,374 | 8,371 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Lafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafah (Arabic: لفاح) occurs more in Israel more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,095,216th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname Lafah is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Lafah are found; 94 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.
This last name is most frequent in Israel, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 63,390. In Israel it is most common in: Southern District, where 59 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 17 percent are found and Jerusalem District, where 11 percent are found. Not including Israel Lafah occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 27 percent are found and Syria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafah in the Arabic language | ||
| لفاح | lfah | - |
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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 Lafah
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