Lafas Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Lafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Lafaś (1) are calculated separately.
Lafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafas (Arabic: لفاس) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Lafaś. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafas? popularity and diffusion
Lafas is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Lafas is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Lafas reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,798,908. In Iran Lafas is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 94 percent live and Ilam Province, where 6 percent live. Apart from Iran this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Lafas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lafas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lafas last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafas in the Arabic language | ||
| لفاس | lfas | - |
| لافس | lafs | - |
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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 Lafas
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