Laferté Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Estonia

Laferté Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laferté Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
France71:9,488,960336,266
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Laferte (1,143) are calculated separately.

Laferté Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Laferté Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Laferté occurs more in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Laferte. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Laferté? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Laferté is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Laferté live; 62 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Gallo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in Canada, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 2,167,388. In Canada Laferté is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 100 percent live. Apart from Canada this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 24 percent live and Cuba, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laferte951,143/
Laferty86436/
Laferti862/
Laferta861/
Lafferty8020,110/
Lafferte80378/
Lafertte80165/
Lafferti8021/
Lavferty803/
Lafertee803/
Laferthe801/
Lafertes801/
Laferrty801/
Lafherty801/
Lauferty800/
Lafferta800/
Laffertte7549/
Laffertti7510/
Laffertty755/
Laffertey753/
Laffeerty752/
Lafferter750/
Lafrete711/
Loferty710/
Lafrette6719/
Lofferty673/
Laffrety672/
Lapherty670/
Leuferty670/
Laffirty670/
Leifherte630/

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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 Laferté
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