Lefefa Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lefefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3051:177,63219,553
Lesotho221:92,38910,629

Lefefa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lefefa is found most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lefefa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefefa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 841,044th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The last name Lefefa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefefa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 177,632. In South Africa Lefefa is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 32 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 19 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 7 percent reside.

Lefefa Last Name Statistics demography

Lefefa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.44% less than the national average, earning R 127,284 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefafa8395/
Lofefa8321/
Lefefe8321/
Lifefa831/
Lefofa831/
Lefefer770/
Leffefer710/
Lefifi672,403/
Lafifa6754/
Lifefo6748/
Lifofa6723/
Lofefo6721/
Lefife677/
Lofofa674/
Lafifah62212/
Lephafa62135/
Lefipha629/
Liffafa621/
Lephepha5725/
Lifeifei571/
Lofafa50186/
Lifife5072/
Lififi5024/
Lofofo5022/
Lifofo5021/
Lifafo501/
Lifafa501/
Lofafo501/
Lafafa501/

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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 Lefefa
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