Lafau Surname
Approximately 3,186 people bear this surname
Lafau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,170 | 1:41,719 | 4,790 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lafau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafau is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lafau.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 140,167th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,287,365 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Lafau are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Lafau is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3,170 people, or 1 in 41,719. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 93 percent live, Riau, where 5 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 1 percent live. Apart from Indonesia Lafau is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Lafau
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