Lefani Surname
Approximately 1,094 people bear this surname
Lefani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,072 | 1:15,969 | 2,510 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Lefani (794) may also be a first name.
Lefani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lefani is most common in Malawi. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 336,818th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,661,377 people. The last name Lefani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lefani reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lefani is also the 290,602nd most numerous first name globally It is held by 794 people.
It is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,072 people, or 1 in 15,969. Other than Malawi this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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
- 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 Lefani
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