Lerefolo Surname

309,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,218 people bear this surname

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

Lerefolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerefolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2161:44,5545,699
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lerefolo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lerefolo occurs most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lerefolo.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerefolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lerefolo is the 309,548th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,983,207 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lerefolo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,216 people, or 1 in 44,554. In South Africa it is most numerous in: North West, where 74 percent reside, Gauteng, where 24 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Lerefolo Last Name Statistics demography

Lerefolo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.95% less than the national average, earning R 171,216 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerefulo885/
Lerefelo881/
Lerofolo881/
Larafolo751/
Lerfel7119/
Lervoll6717/
Lerfall6717/
Lerevil671/
Lervell670/

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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 Lerefolo
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