Lafarque Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Lafarque Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafarque Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium511:225,42428,627
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
France131:5,109,440259,941
Cuba101:1,152,2726,837
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Lafarque Last Name Facts

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

Lafarque is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafarque? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lafarque is the 1,785,358th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Lafarque occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Lafarque reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 225,424. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Walloon Region, where 90 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent live and Flemish Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 15 percent live and France, where 12 percent live.

Lafarque Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lafarque has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lafarque last name increased 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lafarque Last Name Statistics demography

Lafarque earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laffarque946/
Lafargue888,482/
Laforque881/
Lefarque880/
Laffargue823,624/
Lasfargue82187/
Lafforque822/
Laffarcue821/
Lafaurgue821/
Lafaargue820/
Lafarce805/
Laforgue751,234/
Lafforgue712,965/
La'forgue715/
Lafarg713/
Leyfargue711/
Lafarc710/
Laforce674,761/
Lafarki6752/
Lafarca671/
Laffforgue671/
Lafarky670/
Laforche634/
Layforce631/
Loforgue630/
Lafourche5917/
Lafork575/
Laforg572/
Laahforche561/
Lasfork530/
Loyforce504/
Leapharc501/

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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 Lafarque
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