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 surname Lefefa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefefa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 841,044th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefefa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 177,632. In South Africa Lefefa is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 32 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 13 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 7 percent are found.

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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