Highlife Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Highlife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Highlife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2951:600,48428,761
Russia71:20,589,008462,339

Highlife (76) may also be a first name.

Highlife Last Name Facts

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

The last name Highlife is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Highlife? popularity and diffusion

The surname Highlife is the 889,654th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Highlife reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Highlife is also the 1,107,702nd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 76 people.

The last name Highlife is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 295 people, or 1 in 600,484. In Nigeria Highlife is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 96 percent are found, Delta, where 4 percent are found and Yobe, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Highlife occurs in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Highllife941/
Hihglife881/
Iglife861/
Hinghliff820/
Inglif711/
Iglifi711/
Ighlef711/
Hinglew671/
Chigleev6397/
Cheghlib631/
Iglev6257/
Iglew621/
Inglauffe590/
Igleva5747/
Ikglef573/
Inglev572/
Inglew572/
Egliff570/
Cheghloufa561/
Aigelef537/
Cheglib532/
Chegleev5021/
Chiglova5013/
Jingleaw501/
Jaigleaw501/

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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 Highlife
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