Lafor Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Lafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Lafor (13) may also be a first name.
Lafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lafor is most common in Mauritius. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Lafor is primarily found in Africa, where 46 percent of Lafor live; 31 percent live in Southern Africa and 31 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Lafor is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 323,354. In Mauritius it is mostly found in: Rivière Noire District, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Mauritius it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent reside and Russia, where 15 percent reside.
Lafor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lafor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lafor
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