Luafa Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Luafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luafa (65) may also be a first name.
Luafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luafa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Luafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 725,073rd most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Luafa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 65 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 196,488. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Luafa
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