Lafetá Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Lafetá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lafeta (629) are calculated separately.
Lafetá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafetá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafetá is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Lafeta. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafetá? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Lafetá is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Lafetá reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 5,633,535. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 79 percent reside, Federal District, where 8 percent reside and São Paulo, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil Lafetá exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafeta | 94 | 629 | / |
| Lafete | 83 | 22 | / |
| Lafeto | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lafety | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lasfeto | 77 | 854 | / |
| Laffeta | 77 | 28 | / |
| Laffety | 77 | 26 | / |
| Lafetaj | 77 | 16 | / |
| Lafette | 77 | 8 | / |
| Lafesta | 77 | 3 | / |
| Laffete | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lafeter | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafiete | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafeste | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafetta | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lafiette | 71 | 32 | / |
| Laffette | 71 | 21 | / |
| Laffeter | 71 | 21 | / |
| Laffetas | 71 | 19 | / |
| Laisfeto | 71 | 9 | / |
| Laffeaty | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lasfetto | 71 | 3 | / |
| Layfette | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lafeitte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lafeytte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lafetter | 71 | 0 | / |
| Laffetty | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lafeette | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lafata | 67 | 1,890 | / |
| Lafita | 67 | 1,047 | / |
| Lofete | 67 | 757 | / |
| Lafite | 67 | 708 | / |
| Lefeta | 67 | 487 | / |
| L'Affeter | 67 | 96 | / |
| Lofeta | 67 | 62 | / |
| Lafota | 67 | 35 | / |
| Laffiette | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lafiti | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lafeytaud | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lafity | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lofeto | 67 | 5 | / |
| Laffetter | 67 | 2 | / |
| Laffether | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laffeitte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layffette | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lafetá
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