Lefanga Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Lefanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Lefanga (65) may also be a first name.

Lefanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lefanga occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefanga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefanga live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lefanga is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 65 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,883,904. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Savanes District, where 100 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefangha9316/
Leffanga931/
Lefana9239/
Lefaga9215/
Lofanga86452/
Lifanga8675/
Hlefana8623/
Leafana864/
Lefagoa862/
Lefounga8014/
Letfagha801/
Lefano7780/
Lifana7768/
Lefago778/
Lepfounga7513/
Lofonga712,627/
Lofango71116/
Lifonga7162/
Lifange7122/
Lephaga7113/
Lefongo719/
Laifaga716/
Lifango714/
Lifangi714/
Lephana713/
Levanah711/
Lafonga711/
Lefonge711/
Lifanoa711/
Lepheana674,336/
Lephakga6747/
Liofonga6734/
Lipheana672/
Hlephana671/
Lafounga671/

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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 Lefanga
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