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 last name Lafiya (Hindi: लाफिया, Marathi: लफीया) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 606,498th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. Lafiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lafiya are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 445,512th most common given name world-wide, borne by 379 people.
Lafiya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 478 people, or 1 in 370,592. In Nigeria Lafiya is mostly found in: Niger, where 40 percent live, Bauchi, where 11 percent live and Adamawa, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria Lafiya exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
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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