Lafatas Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Lafatas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafatas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lafatas Last Name Facts

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

Lafatas is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lafatas.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafatas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lafatas is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Lafatas is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Lafatas are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,173,274. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Aargau, where 100 percent are found. Not including Switzerland Lafatas is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 31 percent are found and Sweden, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafata921,890/
Lafataa864/
Lafatta863/
Laufata861/
Lafatah861/
Latfata861/
Laafata861/
Laffata861/
Laffetas8019/
Laifatta803/
Lafota7735/
Lofata7721/
Lafasto7123/
Lofataj7120/
Lafatey710/
Lafaitey672/
Laifatou671/
Lafeytaud635/
Lofota62198/
Lofato6268/
Lofatei571/
Laffottha500/

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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
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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 Lafatas
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