Lafir Surname
Approximately 3,629 people bear this surname
Lafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 3,143 | 1:6,621 | 967 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Lafir (46) may also be a first name.
Lafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafir (Hindi: लाफिर, Marathi: लाफीर) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafir? popularity and diffusion
Lafir is the 125,438th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,008,142 people. The surname Lafir occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Lafir are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 46 people.
Lafir is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 3,143 people, or 1 in 6,621. Beside Sri Lanka this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafir in the Marathi language | ||
| लाफीर | laphira | - |
| Lafir in the Hindi language | ||
| लाफिर | laphira | 50 |
| लफिर | laphira | 50 |
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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 Lafir
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