Lefora Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lefora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1291:419,98236,405
Lesotho1191:17,0803,660
Botswana41:546,73222,624
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lefora (72) may also be a first name.

Lefora Last Name Facts

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

Lefora occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefora? popularity and diffusion

Lefora is the 1,006,539th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefora live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 72 people.

The surname Lefora is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 419,982. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Aside from South Africa Lefora exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 47 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.

Lefora Last Name Statistics demography

Lefora earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.4% less than the national average, earning R 96,480 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefoura921/
Lefera83401/
Lefore83328/
Lafora83190/
Lefara8343/
Lefura836/
Lifora832/
Leforo831/
Lefori831/
Leforge77241/
Lefuray7764/
Leifura7762/
Lefouri7718/
Leyfura774/
Levorah774/
Lefores774/
Lesfore771/
Letfore771/
Leforgo771/
Leforet771/
Leiforo771/
Litfora771/
Lesfori771/
Lephora771/
Leufory771/
Lefoore771/
Leufore770/
Leforro770/
Leforre770/
Ledfore770/
Lefforge71193/
Lesforis7173/
Leforgey7112/
Leforest718/
Lejfouri711/
Lafara67357/
Lafera67151/
Liforo67101/
Lefuri6732/
Lifera6714/
Loforo6710/
Lefari677/
Lofera674/
Lefure674/
Lefare673/
Lifara672/
Leforrest671/
Lefero670/
Lefary670/

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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 Lefora
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