Lanfo Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Lanfo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Lanfo (345) may also be a first name.
Lanfo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanfo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lanfo is most common in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanfo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Lanfo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Lanfo live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 469,697th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 345 people.
The last name Lanfo is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Littoral Department, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanfoid | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lonfo | 80 | 2,307 | / |
| Lanfa | 80 | 176 | / |
| Lamfo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lianfoot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hlonfo | 73 | 440 | / |
| Lonffo | 73 | 35 | / |
| Lyanfa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Lanfah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lamfou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonfoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonfou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonhfo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lanfad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lianfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lanphoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lounfoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lanphoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lanfass | 67 | 0 | / |
| Loonfoot | 62 | 16 | / |
| Hlonfohe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Loonffot | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lamfa | 60 | 62 | / |
| Lomfo | 60 | 27 | / |
| Lonfa | 60 | 26 | / |
| Lonfat | 55 | 355 | / |
| Lampho | 55 | 20 | / |
| Leumfo | 55 | 2 | / |
| Laumfa | 55 | 2 | / |
| Lonfeu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lanpha | 55 | 0 | / |
| Lamphoo | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Lanfo
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