Lafosa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Lafosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lafosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lafosa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lafosa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafosa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Lafosa is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Lafosa are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Lafosa is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Lafosa is mostly found in: Ogun, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria Lafosa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 45 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafosoa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lafoosa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lafossas | 86 | 61 | / |
| Lefosa | 83 | 926 | / |
| Lafusa | 83 | 34 | / |
| Lafoca | 83 | 22 | / |
| Lafose | 83 | 12 | / |
| Lafasa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lafoja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lofosa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lafosse | 77 | 6,315 | / |
| Laffusa | 77 | 141 | / |
| Laufasa | 77 | 49 | / |
| Laffose | 77 | 14 | / |
| Laforza | 77 | 11 | / |
| Lafosso | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lafasia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lafusos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafouse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafasha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafusia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lafoser | 77 | 0 | / |
| Laffosse | 71 | 45 | / |
| Leafasia | 71 | 12 | / |
| Hlaphosa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laffosce | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laifotsy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lafosser | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lofoso | 67 | 1,302 | / |
| Laface | 67 | 1,252 | / |
| Lofose | 67 | 527 | / |
| Lefasa | 67 | 338 | / |
| Lafaso | 67 | 152 | / |
| Lafuse | 67 | 99 | / |
| Lofasa | 67 | 48 | / |
| Lofusa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Lafaci | 67 | 32 | / |
| Lofosi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lafusi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lafaze | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lafaza | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lafuza | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lafasi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Laffosses | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lafazi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lefoso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lefesa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lafosa
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