Lafua Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Lafua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 500 | 1:354,286 | 19,105 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Lafua (38) may also be a first name.
Lafua Demographics
Average Lafua Salary in
United States
$38,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lafua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lafua is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lafua is the 560,645th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. Lafua is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Lafua live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 38 people.
Lafua is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 500 people, or 1 in 354,286. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 80 percent are found, Rivers, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and American Samoa, where 2 percent are found.
Lafua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lafua has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lafua surname expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lafua Last Name Statistics demography
Lafua earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.
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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 Lafua
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