Laffayette Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Laffayette Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laffayette Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Laffayette (35) may also be a first name.

Laffayette Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laffayette is found most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laffayette? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Laffayette live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 35 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Laffayette is most frequent in: Washington, where 40 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Florida, where 20 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 22 percent reside and Belgium, where 11 percent reside.

Laffayette Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Laffayette has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Laffayette last name increased 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Laffayette Last Name Statistics demography

Laffayette earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 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
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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 Laffayette
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