Lafamba Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Lafamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lafamba 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
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Lafamba (211) may also be a first name.

Lafamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lafamba occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Lafamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lafamba live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 622,565th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 211 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,117,367. In Burkina Faso Lafamba is most common in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 50 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
Lofamba8668/
Lofemba71419/
Lofambo71138/
Lauffamber711/
Lofomba711/
Lafombo711/
Lefoumba673/
Lafombois632/
Lofombo57394/
Lofembo571/
Liofanua5318/
Lefoumbou501/
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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 Lafamba
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