Lefaka Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lefaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322

Lefaka (17) may also be a first name.

Lefaka Last Name Facts

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

Lefaka is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lefaka.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefaka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Lefaka live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lefaka is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent reside.

Lefaka Last Name Statistics demography

Lefaka earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.67% more than the national average, earning R 239,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefoka831,994/
Lofaka831,093/
Lefaki83194/
Lifaka8330/
Lefeka8324/
Lafaka838/
Lefako831/
Lefakis77419/
Lephaka77271/
Lefouka774/
Lafakka771/
Lifakah771/
Lephakha71277/
Leapheka71152/
Lephakga7147/
Leffakis7125/
Le'efoka711/
Lifake67589/
Lofeka67479/
Lifoka67281/
Lifeka67221/
Lofoka67171/
Lefoko6797/
Lefoke6734/
Leface6711/
Lifaki674/
Lafeka671/
Lofako671/

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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 Lefaka
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