Loafa Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Loafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Loafa (22) may also be a first name.
Loafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Loafa is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Loafa.
How Common Is The Last Name Loafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. Loafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Loafa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.
The last name Loafa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loafea | 91 | 9 | / |
| Loafaj | 91 | 2 | / |
| Louafa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Louafaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Loafo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Loafi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loafy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Laofa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Louafi | 73 | 11,060 | / |
| Louafy | 73 | 206 | / |
| Loafer | 73 | 43 | / |
| Loafes | 73 | 18 | / |
| Loaffe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Louafe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Laoufa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Laofai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lohava | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loapha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lohafi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lahofa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loaufi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Louaifi | 67 | 105 | / |
| Lohafer | 67 | 39 | / |
| Louaffi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Louafui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louafie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louasfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louatfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loaffer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Loafa
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