Lefele Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lefele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1131:17,9873,838
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Lefele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lefele is found most in Lesotho. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lefele.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefele? popularity and diffusion

Lefele is the 1,403,590th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefele reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 17,987. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 43 percent reside, Quthing District, where 24 percent reside and Mokhotlong District, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho Lefele exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Lefele Last Name Statistics demography

Lefele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.09% less than the national average, earning R 125,724 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefelle92145/
Lefeele929/
Lefeler922/
Lefle9113/
Leffeler8655/
Lefeileh866/
Lehfeleh861/
Lehfelet861/
Leafeale861/
Leafeley860/
Lefela83496/
Lofele83420/
Leflej83204/
Lifele8372/
Lefale8320/
Leffle8320/
Lefile837/
Lefhel837/
Lefole833/
Leifle830/
Leffeileh807/
Lafaele77735/
Lefohle7772/
Lefiles7765/
Lefoley7755/
Lefeela7750/
Lephele7746/
Lefalle7720/
Lefolle7717/
Lefahle778/
Liffele775/
Lefeild772/
Lafelie771/
Leefela771/
Lefilet771/
Lifelie771/
Lefeily771/
Lleffle771/
Leefile770/
Lafeley770/
Leffalle7129/
Löffeler7118/
Loifelle714/
Lefheely713/
Leephile711/
Leifhelt711/
Leifeild711/
Lefoileh711/
Leffeilh711/
Lifelett710/
Lifela67585/
Lofeli67520/
Lifely6786/
Lifeli6750/
Lefali6723/
Lefaillet6715/
Lefailler672/
Lechfiler670/

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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 Lefele
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