Laffer Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Laffer Surname Definition:
(from an ancestor's occupation) The Yiddish form of Laufer, a traveling furrier. The name often appears as Leiffer.
Laffer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 264 | 1:1,372,951 | 95,166 |
| Austria | 128 | 1:66,527 | 10,251 |
| Switzerland | 107 | 1:76,756 | 8,915 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| Hungary | 31 | 1:316,654 | 23,519 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
Laffer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from an ancestor's occupation) The Yiddish form of Laufer, a traveling furrier. The name often appears as Leiffer.
Laffer Demographics
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Laffer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laffer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laffer (Russian: Лаффер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Laffer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laffer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 492,243rd most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,844,562 people. The surname Laffer occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Laffer reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 1,372,951. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and Florida, where 14 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 19 percent live and Switzerland, where 16 percent live.
Laffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Laffer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Laffer surname increased 352 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 74 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Laffer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Laffer surname are 6.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.62% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Laffer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.86% less than the national average, earning R 81,132 per year; in United States they earn 23.3% more than the national average, earning $53,201 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $49,474 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laffer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laffer in the Russian language | ||
| Лаффер | laffer | - |
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Footnotes
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