Laforia Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Laforia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 30 | 1:114,392 | 10,866 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Laforia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laforia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laforia is borne by more people in Uruguay than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laforia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Laforia live; 94 percent live in South America and 94 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Uruguay, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 114,392. In Uruguay Laforia is most frequent in: Paysandú Department, where 53 percent live, Salto Department, where 43 percent live and Montevideo Department, where 3 percent live. Besides Uruguay this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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 Laforia
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