Leaf-Wright Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

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

Leaf-Wright Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Leaf & Wright.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leaf-Wright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
New Zealand51:905,66545,114

Leaf-Wright Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leaf-Wright Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leaf-Wright is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Leaf-Wright.

How Common Is The Last Name Leaf-Wright? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Leaf-Wright occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Leaf-Wright reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 59 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 22 percent are found and Gauteng, where 19 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Leaf-Wright exists in one country. It is also common in New Zealand, where 16 percent are found.

Leaf-Wright Last Name Statistics demography

Leaf-Wright earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 331.5% more than the national average, earning R 1,025,410 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Love-Wright823/
Livewright760/
Lafrit71113/
Liveright7022/
Lefruit6757/
Levarht6742/
Lafruit6725/
Lefroit6715/
Lafriti674/
Laafrit672/
Lafrite671/
Leafort670/

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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 Leaf-Wright
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