Lefai Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Lefai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Lefai (138) may also be a first name.
Lefai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lefai occurs most in Lesotho. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefai? popularity and diffusion
Lefai is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Lefai are found; 35 percent are found in Southern Africa and 35 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 787,636th most common first name at a global level, held by 138 people.
The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 96,788. In Lesotho Lefai is most frequent in: Mafeteng District, where 52 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 48 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Lefai
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