Lafont Surname
Approximately 12,230 people bear this surname
Lafont 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 SurnameLafont Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9,134 | 1:7,272 | 630 |
| United States | 965 | 1:375,605 | 33,232 |
| Spain | 421 | 1:111,050 | 8,821 |
| Argentina | 378 | 1:113,078 | 9,543 |
| Venezuela | 207 | 1:145,913 | 4,557 |
| Cuba | 194 | 1:59,395 | 2,293 |
| Canada | 166 | 1:221,961 | 21,363 |
| Colombia | 166 | 1:287,796 | 5,662 |
| Belgium | 112 | 1:102,649 | 15,579 |
| Haiti | 106 | 1:100,792 | 4,867 |
| Chile | 76 | 1:231,796 | 7,107 |
| Uruguay | 51 | 1:67,289 | 7,157 |
| Mexico | 43 | 1:2,886,656 | 22,491 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 91 | 1:551,854 | 37,927 |
Lafont (18) may also be a first name.
Lafont 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.
- klacksonLafont Demographics
Average Lafont Salary in
United States
$43,761 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lafont Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafont Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafont (Arabic: لافونت, Russian: Лафонт) is most common in France. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafont? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,583rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 595,875 people. The surname Lafont occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Lafont live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.
Lafont is most widespread in France, where it is held by 9,134 people, or 1 in 7,272. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 22 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 20 percent are found. Barring France this last name is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Spain, where 3 percent are found.
Lafont Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lafont has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lafont last name rose 1,060 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 159 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lafont Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lafont last name are 34.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.73% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lafont earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 335.46% more than the national average, earning S/. 84,413 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $23,237,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.42% more than the national average, earning $43,761 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.2% more than the national average, earning $53,259 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lafont Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafont in the Russian language | ||
| Лафонт | lafont | - |
| Lafont in the Arabic language | ||
| لافونت | lafwnt | - |
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