Laforcade Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Laforcade Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laforcade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France581:1,145,219121,886
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Laforcade Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laforcade is found most in France. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laforcade? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Laforcade reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most widely held in France, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,145,219. In France Laforcade is primarily found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 57 percent are found, Occitanie, where 22 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 17 percent are found. Aside from France this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Laforcade Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Laforcade has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Laforcade surname grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafourcade952,923/
Laforcaide950/
Laffourcade9096/
Lafourcades9021/
Laforcada89153/
Lafurcade892/
Lafaurcade841/
Lafourcada841/
Lefourcade840/
Lafurcada784/
Lashfarzadeh671/

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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 Laforcade
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