Lafayete Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Lafayete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Lafayete (459) may also be a first name.
Lafayete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafayete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafayete occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lafayete click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafayete? popularity and diffusion
Lafayete is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Lafayete live; 84 percent live in South America and 84 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 398,330th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 459 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 10,194,016. In Brazil Lafayete is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 24 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 19 percent live and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 10 percent live. Barring Brazil it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 4 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 Lafayete
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