Lefu Surname
Approximately 2,070 people bear this surname
Lefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 835 | 1:64,883 | 8,156 |
| Lesotho | 819 | 1:2,482 | 355 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Lefu (14,007) may also be a first name.
Lefu Demographics
Average Lefu Salary in
South Africa
R 112,524
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lefu is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 201,417th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,520,554 people. The surname Lefu is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lefu reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 48,601st most common first name on earth, held by 14,007 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 835 people, or 1 in 64,883. In South Africa Lefu is most numerous in: Free State, where 52 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and North West, where 14 percent reside. Aside from South Africa Lefu occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 40 percent reside and Malawi, where 14 percent reside.
Lefu Last Name Statistics demography
Lefu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.65% less than the national average, earning R 112,524 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lefeu | 89 | 280 | / |
| Leafu | 89 | 247 | / |
| Lefuy | 89 | 114 | / |
| Lefou | 89 | 75 | / |
| Lefau | 89 | 24 | / |
| Lefui | 89 | 16 | / |
| Leyfu | 89 | 10 | / |
| Hlefu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Lefut | 89 | 3 | / |
| Leffu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Leifu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lefud | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lefaux | 80 | 711 | / |
| Lefaut | 80 | 99 | / |
| Letfus | 80 | 65 | / |
| Lleufu | 80 | 44 | / |
| Letfuß | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ledfuß | 80 | 10 | / |
| Leifus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Leffeu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lefuha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lefeux | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lehfuß | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leefuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leufeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Letfuz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leafou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lesfux | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lefaud | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lifu | 75 | 2,175 | / |
| Lafu | 75 | 747 | / |
| Lofu | 75 | 141 | / |
| Lyfu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ljfu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leffaux | 73 | 8 | / |
| Letfuss | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lefault | 73 | 2 | / |
| Letfusz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lesfouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lechfus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lafau | 67 | 3,186 | / |
| Loifu | 67 | 229 | / |
| Lifau | 67 | 140 | / |
| Lephu | 67 | 115 | / |
| Lefoe | 67 | 109 | / |
| Laifu | 67 | 60 | / |
| Lofeu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Lafeu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Hlafu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lifou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hlofu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Loyfu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Laafu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lavfu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lettfuss | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liffu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lifeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lifui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lifut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liafu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ljpfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lafuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laffu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lawfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leefaust | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luifu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lafui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lofuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lapfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lefuitch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lifus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lefu
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