Lefine Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lefine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1211:447,75037,883
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lefine (39) may also be a first name.

Lefine Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lefine is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefine? popularity and diffusion

Lefine is the 1,637,889th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefine live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 39 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 447,750. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: North West, where 62 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and Western Cape, where 2 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Lefine Last Name Statistics demography

Lefine earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.37% less than the national average, earning R 227,256 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Letfine921/
Ledfine921/
Lefaine920/
Lefeyine861/
Lafine83456/
Lefane839/
Lefini839/
Lefene833/
Lefoin833/
Lifine831/
Lefain831/
Lefyne831/
Hlefane7738/
Levineh7724/
Laffine773/
Lefeane772/
Lefaint772/
Leffane772/
Lafaine771/
Lefuina771/
Lehfune771/
Lafuine771/
Lefayne771/
Lejfune771/
Lefenes770/
Lefener770/
Lefojane7179/
Lefiyana7119/
Lefgoune711/
Lifinets711/
Liffiner710/
Leiphane710/
Lafene6759/
Lefuni6727/
Lefean6714/
Lafune673/
Lefeni672/
Lephiyane671/
Lefena671/
Lofune671/

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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 Lefine
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