Lafontant Surname

120,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,825 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Lafontant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafontant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti2,5491:4,191539
United States1,0181:356,05031,820
Canada911:404,89735,698
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
France461:1,443,972140,296
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Suriname11:552,6169,664

Lafontant (361) may also be a first name.

Lafontant Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lafontant Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lafontant occurs more in Haiti more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafontant? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 120,016th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,905,241 people. The surname Lafontant is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lafontant are found; 69 percent are found in Caribbean and 67 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Lafontant is also the 458,188th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 361 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Haiti, where it is held by 2,549 people, or 1 in 4,191. In Haiti it is most common in: Ouest, where 74 percent live, Artibonite, where 19 percent live and Sud-Est, where 4 percent live. Beside Haiti Lafontant exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Lafontant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lafontant last name are 21.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 74.29% registered with the party.

The amount Lafontant earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 12.68% more than the national average, earning $48,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.63% less than the national average, earning $40,428 CAD per year.

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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 Lafontant
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