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 surname Lafon (Russian: Лафон) is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Lafón. For other possible spellings of Lafon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 29,635th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 403,362 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Lafon are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 548,616th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 263 people.
The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 14,423 people, or 1 in 4,605. In France it is primarily found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 33 percent reside, Occitanie, where 28 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Not including France this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.
Lafon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lafon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,181 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 525 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lafon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Lafon last name are 12.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.21% registered to vote for the political 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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