Lafayet Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Lafayet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Lafayet (20) may also be a first name.
Lafayet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafayet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafayet (Russian: Лафайет) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lafayet click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafayet? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Lafayet live; 27 percent live in North America and 27 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 20 people.
Lafayet is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 28,824,611. In Russia it is mostly found in: Saint Petersburg, where 40 percent live, Omsk Oblast, where 20 percent live and Saratov Oblast, where 20 percent live. Besides Russia Lafayet exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 18 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafayet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayet in the Russian language | ||
| Лафайет | lafajet | - |
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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 Lafayet
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