Lafou Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Lafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Lafou (13) may also be a first name.
Lafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafou has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lafou is the 584,278th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Lafou live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 13 people.
The last name Lafou is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is carried by 477 people, or 1 in 72,277. Beside Morocco this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lafou
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