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 surname Lefai occurs in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lefai.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. Lefai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Lefai live; 35 percent live in Southern Africa and 35 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lefai is also the 787,636th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 138 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 96,788. In Lesotho it is most common in: Mafeteng District, where 52 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 48 percent are found. Not including Lesotho it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in France, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Lefai
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