Lefayi Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Lefayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefayi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Lefayi (31) may also be a first name.

Lefayi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lefayi is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lefayi.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefayi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Lefayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefayi live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lefayi is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 31 people.

This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefay91692/
Lefai9160/
Lefait83759/
Lefaye8339/
Lefayt8329/
Lefais8314/
Lefaya833/
Lefhai831/
Leefay831/
Lefayo831/
Lefaiy831/
Lefaist7747/
Loufayi771/
Lafay732,629/
Lafai73271/
Lifai73140/
Lefuy73114/
Lofay7364/
Lefoy7359/
Lefea7348/
Lefoa7347/
Lefey7331/
Lefau7324/
Lefui7316/
Lofai7312/
Lefaa736/
Lefae735/
Lefei735/
Lifay733/
Lefoi732/
Lefie732/
Lefye731/
Lófai731/
Laffay671,099/
Lafaye67978/
Lefaux67711/
Lephay67314/
Lephai6799/
Lefaut6799/
Lofoyi6791/
Lefoye6767/
Lafaia6748/
Leafey6744/
Lofaya6741/
Lefeat6738/
Lafayo6731/
Loffay6728/
Lafait6722/
Lofeyi6721/
Lefooa6718/
Lefeea6715/
Leffei6715/
Lefoie6713/
Lafaya677/
Leifey676/
Lafaie675/
Lefhae675/
Lotfay674/
Leffey673/
Lefoha673/
Layfoi673/
Lafayt672/
Lefiya672/
Leffie672/
Lifaya672/
Laufai672/
Loufai672/
Laffai672/
Laufay671/
Leefye671/
Lifayo671/
Lafaji671/
Liefaa671/
Lodfai671/
Lafaai671/
Lefeae671/
Lefuha671/
Luifai671/
Lofaye671/
Lefieh671/
Leafea671/
Leufoy671/
Laifai671/
Lefaje671/
Lefaue671/
Lefeid671/
Loofay670/
Lafais670/
Lefaud670/

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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 Lefayi
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