Lafo Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Lafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Mauritania | 39 | 1:104,996 | 6,429 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Lafó (1) are calculated separately.
Lafo (200) may also be a first name.
Lafo Demographics
Average Lafo Salary in
United States
$36,702 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻓﻮ, Hindi: लाफो) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Lafó. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lafo is the 1,244,200th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Lafo live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 640,739th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 200 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States Lafo is primarily concentrated in: Connecticut, where 42 percent are found, California, where 35 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 21 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent are found.
Lafo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lafo has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 655 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lafo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lafo surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Lafo earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.94% less than the national average, earning $36,702 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﻓﻮ | lafw | - |
| Lafo in the Hindi language | ||
| लाफो | lapho | - |
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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 Lafo
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