Laftan Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Laftan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 54 | 1:1,441,137 | 57,155 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Laftan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laftan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Laftan is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laftan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Laftan reside; 93 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 1,441,137. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Gaziantep Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Laftan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Laftan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Laftan surname declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laftain | 92 | 2 | / |
| Labtan | 83 | 235 | / |
| Lafton | 83 | 99 | / |
| Lawtan | 83 | 25 | / |
| Loftan | 83 | 9 | / |
| Lavtan | 83 | 4 | / |
| Leftan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Loftain | 77 | 16 | / |
| Lawfton | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lawthan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Laybtan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lavthan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Laufton | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loftand | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lofthang | 71 | 8 | / |
| Labtahan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lawton | 67 | 38,768 | / |
| Lofton | 67 | 17,088 | / |
| Lefton | 67 | 919 | / |
| Labton | 67 | 272 | / |
| Lowtan | 67 | 237 | / |
| Lewtan | 67 | 20 | / |
| Leavtaine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lavton | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lavtam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lawtam | 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 Laftan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis