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 be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,095,216th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. The last name 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 surname is most frequently held in Israel, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 63,390. In Israel it is most common in: Southern District, where 59 percent reside, Tel Aviv District, where 17 percent reside and Jerusalem District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Israel this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 27 percent reside and Syria, where 5 percent reside.
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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