Lefao Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Lefao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4901:110,56713,306
United States171:21,321,114641,998
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Samoa41:48,452659
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Lefao (45) may also be a first name.

Lefao Last Name Facts

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

Lefao is most common in South Africa. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefao? popularity and diffusion

It is the 591,720th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. The last name Lefao occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Lefao are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lefao is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 45 people.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 490 people, or 1 in 110,567. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 68 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.

Lefao Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lefao surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Lefao earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 55.99% less than the national average, earning R 104,592 per year and in United States they earn 44.38% less than the national average, earning $24,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefaou919/
Lefoa8047/
Lafao8039/
Lifao805/
Lofao801/
Lefooa7318/
Lefouo739/
Lefoha733/
Lifaou731/
Laifaou673/
Lepfoua671/
Leifo'oa621/
Lifoa60398/
Lafoa6014/
Lofoa602/
Lafouo5539/
Levoho551/
Lifuia551/
Lephoho502/
Laffouo501/

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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 Lefao
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