Lafeta Surname

518,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Lafeta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafeta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4721:453,54717,201
Ukraine1371:332,28241,630
Albania81:364,25716,885
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

The alternate forms: Lafetá (39) are calculated separately.

Lafeta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lafeta is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Lafetá. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafeta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lafeta is the 518,137th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Lafeta live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname Lafeta is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 453,547. In Brazil Lafeta is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 89 percent live, Federal District, where 3 percent live and São Paulo, where 3 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 22 percent live and Albania, where 1 percent live.

Lafeta Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Lafeta surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafetá9439/
Laffeta9228/
Lafetaj9216/
Lafesta923/
Lafetta920/
Laffetas8619/
Lafata831,890/
Lafita831,047/
Lefeta83487/
Lofeta8362/
Lafota8335/
Lafete8322/
Lafeto832/
Lafety830/
Lafeytaud805/
Laffita773,453/
Lasfeto77854/
Lafitau77177/
Laffety7726/
Lafette778/
Lafitta777/
Lafitah774/
Lafataa774/
Lafista774/
Lafatta773/
Laffete772/
Lafeste771/
Laufata771/
Lafatah771/
Lafeter771/
Laffata771/
Lafiete771/
Laafata771/
Lafiteau71135/
Laffitau7170/
Lafittau7153/
Lafiette7132/
Laffette7121/
Laffeter7121/
Laisfeto719/
Laffeaty717/
Laffitta714/
Laphetha714/
Laifatta713/
Lasfetto713/
Layfette712/
Lafittea711/
Lafeytte711/
Lafeitte711/
Laffitas711/
Lafeette710/
Laffetty710/
Lafetter710/
Lofete67757/
Lafite67708/
Lefata67530/
Lofota67198/
Lofita67112/
L'Affeter6796/
Laffiteau6783/
Lefita6730/
Lofata6721/
Laffiette6719/
Lafiti679/
Lafitteau677/
Lofeto675/
Lafity675/
Laffittau672/
Laffetter672/
Laffeitte671/
Laffether671/
Laffottha670/
Layffette670/

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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 Lafeta
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