Laphu Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Laphu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laphu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Laphu (40) may also be a first name.

Laphu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laphu (Hindi: लाफु, Oriya: ଲାଫୁ, Tibetan: ལ་ཕུག་) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laphu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Laphu is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Laphu reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 40 people.

The surname Laphu is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 76 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent are found. Other than South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Laphu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Laphu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.44% less than the national average, earning R 63,120 per year and in United States they earn 133.69% more than the national average, earning $100,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lapphu91212/
Labphu915/
Laphut914/
Hlaphu912/
Laephu911/
Laiphu911/
Lapu893,311/
Laphaut83357/
Laphauh831/
Laphaus830/
Lapuz8016,747/
Laput806,720/
Lapus801,596/
Laupu80660/
Lapuh80510/
Lapou80139/
Lapau80115/
Lephu80115/
Laipu8092/
Lapui8068/
Lappu8032/
Hlapu8024/
Lapeu8024/
Llapu8018/
Lapuy8010/
Laapu809/
Laspu806/
Lapux802/
Lapfu801/
Lophu801/
Labpu801/
Liapu801/
Lyapu801/
Lapuu801/
Lapud801/
Lahpu801/
Lapous73317/
Laupus73154/
Lappou7371/
Lapaut7367/
Lappus7328/
Lapuch7327/
Lapoux7327/
Laapui7325/
Lapeus7322/
Lapuhs7320/
Lapush7318/
Lapuzz7317/
Laspou7314/
Lapout7313/
Lapooh7311/
Laputt736/
Laupui735/
Laupau735/
Lahapu735/
Lapaux734/
Lobphu734/
Hlephu732/
Liapeu732/
Lephui732/
Laypou731/
Lapouy731/
Lephau731/
Laphoe731/
Hlophu731/
Hlapfu731/
Liapou731/
Lapauz731/
Lapuis731/
Lappuz731/
Leapeu731/
Lapuuy731/
Lahavu731/
Lleapu731/
Lophus730/
Lapaus730/
Lapput730/
Lafu67747/
Lepu67373/
Lopu67203/
Lapeusz6750/
Lapusch6742/
Lappeus6731/
La'apui677/
Labphoo673/
Lappaus671/
Lyapush671/
Lapeush671/
Lauphoe671/
Lahfoud671/
Laupu'e671/
Laupuis671/
Liapeue671/
Liaspou671/
D'Lapuz671/
Leaputt671/
Leapult670/
Lappuis670/
Lapuitz670/

Laphu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Laphu in the Oriya language
ଲାଫୁlaphu80
ଲଫୁlaphu20
Laphu in the Tibetan language
ལ་ཕུག་lapuk50
ལྷབ་ཅུ།lhabchu25
ལ་ཕུ།lapu25
Laphu in the Hindi language
लाफुlaphu33.33
लफूlaphu33.33
लफुआlaphu'a33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Laphu
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