Lafon Surname
Approximately 18,067 people bear this surname
Lafon Surname User-submission:
Originally comes from Lafontaine (Northern France) or other variants (Lafoun, Lafont from Southern France) meaning "the fountain". That surname was given to people living near or tending the watering place, the well or the fountain of their village.
Read More About This SurnameLafon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 14,423 | 1:4,605 | 361 |
| United States | 2,185 | 1:165,885 | 16,838 |
| Argentina | 389 | 1:109,880 | 9,282 |
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| Spain | 120 | 1:389,600 | 21,500 |
| Mexico | 112 | 1:1,108,270 | 13,907 |
| Uruguay | 87 | 1:39,445 | 4,524 |
| Venezuela | 79 | 1:382,330 | 8,042 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 32 | 1:42,624 | 3,925 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 185 | 1:271,452 | 22,076 |
The alternate forms: Lafón (9) are calculated separately.
Lafon (263) may also be a first name.
Lafon Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Originally comes from Lafontaine (Northern France) or other variants (Lafoun, Lafont from Southern France) meaning "the fountain". That surname was given to people living near or tending the watering place, the well or the fountain of their village.
- klacksonLafon Demographics
Average Lafon Salary in
United States
$43,928 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lafon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafon (Russian: Лафон) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Lafón. Click here for further potential spellings of Lafon.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,635th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 403,362 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Lafon live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 548,616th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 263 people.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 14,423 people, or 1 in 4,605. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 33 percent are found, Occitanie, where 28 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 13 percent are found. Aside from France it occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.
Lafon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lafon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lafon surname expanded 1,181 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 525 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lafon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Lafon surname is chiefly Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Lafon surname are 12.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.21% being registered with the party.
The amount Lafon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 19.38% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,628 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.43% more than the national average, earning $30,972,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.81% more than the national average, earning $43,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.53% less than the national average, earning $48,925 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafon in the Russian language | ||
| Лафон | lafon | - |
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