Laftah Surname

492,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Laftah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laftah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco5791:59,5449,923
Algeria391:990,55342,105
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
England121:4,643,172139,951
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Laftah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Laftah occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laftah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Laftah is the 492,243rd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Laftah are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 92 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 579 people, or 1 in 59,544. Other than Morocco this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent live and Iraq, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafttah929/
Laftaha921/
Lafta91492/
Laftai83425/
Laftas83261/
Loftah83117/
Leftah8356/
Laftay8311/
Laftaa832/
Laftàa831/
Leftaha77450/
Lafthai77234/
Laftouh7720/
Laftass774/
Lefta73148/
Lawta7313/
Lofta7313/
Labta734/
Lafto732/
Loftas6718/
Loftat674/
Leabta671/
Laftos671/
Lawtai671/
Hlavta671/
Lawtha671/
Lafteu671/
Laftey670/

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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 Laftah
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