Lerafa Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Lerafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 119 | 1:17,080 | 3,660 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Lerafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lerafa is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lerafa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Lerafa is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 17,080. In Lesotho it is most common in: Butha-Buthe District, where 57 percent reside, Leribe District, where 38 percent reside and Berea District, where 4 percent reside. Beside Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Lerafa
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