Lafiya Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Lafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 478 | 1:370,592 | 19,784 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lafiya (379) may also be a first name.
Lafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lafiya (Hindi: लाफिया, Marathi: लफीया) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 606,498th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. The last name Lafiya is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lafiya reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lafiya is also the 445,512th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 379 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 370,592. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 40 percent are found, Bauchi, where 11 percent are found and Adamawa, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| लफीया | laphiya | - |
| Lafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| लाफिया | laphiya | 85.71 |
| लफिया | laphiya | 14.29 |
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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 Lafiya
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