Lafinhan Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lafinhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafinhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria671:2,643,92285,652
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lafinhan Last Name Facts

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

Lafinhan occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafinhan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lafinhan is the 2,255,512th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Lafinhan is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lafinhan are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Lafinhan is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 67 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Lafinhan
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