Slaffa Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

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

Slaffa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Slaffa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1761:307,82829,442
England41:13,929,515290,718

Slaffa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Slaffa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Slaffa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,272,314th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Slaffa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 307,828. In South Africa Slaffa is most common in: Gauteng, where 63 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 29 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent live. Excluding South Africa Slaffa is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live.

Slaffa Last Name Statistics demography

Slaffa earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning R 254,208 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Slafa9110/
Schlaffa861/
Shlafa835/
Slaifa832/
Claffa830/
Slaffy830/
Slaffey7746/
Slaffer7711/
Slaffod770/
Claffay770/
Slafi732/
Clafa731/
Shlaffer7120/
Slaiffer7119/
Slauffer711/
Shlaifah711/
Sleaffer710/
Schlaffer671,255/
Claffy67299/
Slafer6787/
Slapha6727/
Schlaffge679/
Chlafa679/
Shlofa672/
Shlaiffer671/
Cloffa671/
Schlaffit671/
Slaife671/
Schleiffa671/
Slahaffer670/
Claffe670/

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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
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  • 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 Slaffa
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