Lafuente Surname

20,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Lafuente Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'the fountain', originally a surname designating control over the water supply.

Lafuente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain11,6971:3,997494
Argentina5,0341:8,491838
Philippines3,0571:33,1174,909
Bolivia2,7371:3,879595
United States1,2201:297,09727,478
Ecuador6051:26,2913,403
Chile4801:36,7011,873
Brazil4601:465,37917,624
Mexico4391:282,7486,552
Paraguay4191:17,271749
Uruguay1801:19,0652,165
Costa Rica1191:40,1691,012
Portugal941:110,8325,195
Venezuela911:331,9137,350
France621:1,071,334116,831
Canada531:695,20056,020
England511:1,092,51152,584
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
Guatemala491:328,2184,622
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Puerto Rico191:186,8492,129
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Cuba161:720,1706,008
Panama151:260,8176,584
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Lafuente (21) may also be a first name.

Lafuente Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'the fountain', originally a surname designating control over the water supply.

- clafuente1983

Lafuente Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lafuente is most common in Spain. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafuente? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 20,145th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 268,507 people. The last name Lafuente occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Lafuente are found; 43 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Lafuente is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 21 people.

The last name Lafuente is most frequently held in Spain, where it is borne by 11,697 people, or 1 in 3,997. In Spain it is most frequent in: Aragon, where 20 percent are found, Catalonia, where 14 percent are found and Madrid, where 13 percent are found. Not including Spain this surname is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 19 percent are found and The Philippines, where 11 percent are found.

Lafuente Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lafuente surname are 43.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.01% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lafuente earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.81% more than the national average, earning $43,497 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.48% less than the national average, earning $48,450 CAD per year.

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