Lephunya Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lephunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lephunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Lesotho261:78,1759,832
England11:55,718,059489,080

Lephunya (12) may also be a first name.

Lephunya Last Name Facts

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

Lephunya occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lephunya? popularity and diffusion

Lephunya is the 2,506,728th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lephunya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lephunya is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Lephunya is most common in: Gauteng, where 59 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 44 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Lephunya Last Name Statistics demography

Lephunya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 97.16% more than the national average, earning R 468,528 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lepunya934/
Lepunyat884/
Liphunya882/
Leadpunya823/
Leatpunya821/
Lipunya801/
Lephonyo751/
Lefunyahe711/
Liponya6714/
Leponyo6711/
Lifunya674/
Leponia672/
Lipunhay633/
Lipunjo53117/
Liponyo5329/

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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 Lephunya
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis