Lafeyette Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lafeyette Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafeyette Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Lafeyette (50) may also be a first name.

Lafeyette Last Name Facts

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

Lafeyette is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafeyette? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lafeyette is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Lafeyette reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 50 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 38 percent live, Georgia, where 15 percent live and South Carolina, where 15 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in Mexico, where 7 percent live.

Lafeyette Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lafeyette has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 217 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lafeyette Last Name Statistics demography

Lafeyette earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.35% less than the national average, earning $30,054 USD per year.

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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 Lafeyette
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