Lefa Surname
Approximately 1,732 people bear this surname
Lefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 725 | 1:2,804 | 438 |
| Greece | 394 | 1:28,121 | 4,310 |
| South Africa | 243 | 1:222,954 | 23,313 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Léfa (1) are calculated separately.
Lefa (10,001) may also be a first name.
Lefa Demographics
Average Lefa Salary in
Colombia
$18,650,500 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Lefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lefa (Hindi: लेफा, Russian: Лефа) is found most in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as: Léfa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lefa is the 232,966th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,207,590 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Lefa live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lefa is also the 61,244th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 10,001 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 725 people, or 1 in 2,804. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 25 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 19 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 15 percent reside. Besides Lesotho Lefa occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 23 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.
Lefa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Lefa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 61.04% less than the national average, earning R 92,592 per year and in Colombia they earn 17.85% less than the national average, earning $18,650,500 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lefa in the Hindi language | ||
| लेफा | lepha | - |
| Lefa in the Russian language | ||
| Лефа | lefa | - |
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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 Lefa
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