Lefe Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Lefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 205 | 1:101,313 | 11,968 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Lefé (1) are calculated separately.
Lefe (515) may also be a first name.
Lefe Demographics
Average Lefe Salary in
United States
$30,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lefe occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Lefé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lefe is the 807,857th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Lefe are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lefe is also the 372,418th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 515 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 101,313. In Cameroon Lefe is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent live, Far North Region, where 36 percent live and North Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Lefe Last Name Statistics demography
Lefe earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.3% less than the national average, earning $30,938 USD per year.
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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 Lefe
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