Leefa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Leefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Leefa (203) may also be a first name.

Leefa Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Leefa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Leefa live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Leefa is also the 635,584th most numerous given name globally, borne by 203 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Leefa is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 75 percent reside and Free State, where 25 percent reside. Besides South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent reside and Mauritius, where 14 percent reside.

Leefa Last Name Statistics demography

Leefa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.25% less than the national average, earning R 44,556 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Leefa
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