Lephafa Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

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

Lephafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lephafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1351:401,31635,360

Lephafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lephafa is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lephafa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lephafa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. Lephafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lephafa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Lephafa is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 401,316. In South Africa Lephafa is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent live, Western Cape, where 35 percent live and Gauteng, where 8 percent live.

Lephafa Last Name Statistics demography

Lephafa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.91% less than the national average, earning R 45,372 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lepafa921/
Liphafa86143/
Lefafa7795/
Lepafo7741/
Lepefa776/
Lepofa771/
Lopafa771/
Lephauphau7116/
Lepaffe7116/
Lephofo712/
Lepaffo712/
Lepasfi711/
Liphepha6759/
Lephepha6725/
Lepaphap671/
Leepapha671/
Lefefa62327/
Lofafa62186/
Lofefa6221/
Lefafe624/
Lefofa621/
Lafafa621/
Lifefa621/
Lifafa621/
Lypafy620/
Liphauphau5941/
Lepoffe571/
Liffafa571/
Lafaffo571/
Liphofer532/
Lephophi531/
Lefhofhe531/

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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 Lephafa
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