Elifa Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Elifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Elifa (1,986) may also be a first name.
Elifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elifa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elifa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,321,499th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Elifa live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 169,715th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 1,986 people.
The last name Elifa is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Apart from The DR Congo it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Elifa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis