Lafaya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Lafaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lafaya (34) may also be a first name.
Lafaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafaya is more commonly found in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Lafaya are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widespread first name on earth, held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Argentina, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 42,743,414. In Argentina Lafaya is mostly concentrated in: Buenos Aires Province, where 100 percent are found. Besides Argentina this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 14 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Lafaya
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