Lafu Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Lafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 556 | 1:237,858 | 21,928 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Lafu (112) may also be a first name.
Lafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lafu (Hindi: लाफू) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lafu.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lafu is the 453,909th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Lafu live; 76 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lafu is also the 885,979th most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 112 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 556 people, or 1 in 237,858. In Indonesia Lafu is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent live, North Sumatra, where 1 percent live and North Kalimantan, where 1 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and New Zealand, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafau | 89 | 3,186 | / |
| Lafou | 89 | 536 | / |
| Leafu | 89 | 247 | / |
| Laifu | 89 | 60 | / |
| Lafeu | 89 | 33 | / |
| Hlafu | 89 | 27 | / |
| Laufu | 89 | 18 | / |
| Lafut | 89 | 13 | / |
| Latfu | 89 | 10 | / |
| Laafu | 89 | 6 | / |
| Lavfu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Liafu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lapfu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lafui | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lawfu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Layfu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Laffu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lafuh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Laafou | 80 | 2,704 | / |
| Lafaut | 80 | 381 | / |
| Lafaux | 80 | 338 | / |
| Laffut | 80 | 293 | / |
| Lafoux | 80 | 190 | / |
| Laufou | 80 | 43 | / |
| Laufau | 80 | 19 | / |
| Liafou | 80 | 17 | / |
| Laffou | 80 | 14 | / |
| Lafaud | 80 | 7 | / |
| Latffu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ladfus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Latfou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hlapfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lafout | 80 | 1 | / |
| Laffui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liafau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lafauz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lafeuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Laifou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leafou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lafaus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Laffau | 80 | 0 | / |
| Laffus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lefu | 75 | 2,070 | / |
| Lofu | 75 | 141 | / |
| Lafó | 75 | 1 | / |
| Laffaux | 73 | 27 | / |
| Laffoux | 73 | 3 | / |
| Laffout | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hlafuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lafoust | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lahfoud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laffeus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lawfuss | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lafoe | 67 | 563 | / |
| Lefeu | 67 | 280 | / |
| Loifu | 67 | 229 | / |
| Lefuy | 67 | 114 | / |
| Lofeu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Laphu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lefau | 67 | 24 | / |
| Loofu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lefui | 67 | 16 | / |
| Luofu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hlofu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lofus | 67 | 10 | / |
| Leyfu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Loyfu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hlefu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lofou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leffu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lofuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luifu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lafoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leifu | 67 | 1 | / |
Lafu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lafu in the Hindi language | ||
| लाफू | laphu | 50 |
| लफू | laphu | 50 |
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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 Lafu
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