Lafoue Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Lafoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Lafoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafoue is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lafoue.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafoue? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Lafoue occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Lafoue live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 92 percent live, Littoral Region, where 4 percent live and West Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon Lafoue occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 4 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 Lafoue
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