Lafayo Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Lafayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Lafayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafayo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lafayo is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lafayo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Lafayo is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 87 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Lafayo exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 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 Lafayo
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