Lifa Surname
Approximately 9,581 people bear this surname
Lifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,817 | 1:4,485 | 624 |
| Algeria | 2,111 | 1:18,300 | 3,362 |
| Tanzania | 1,611 | 1:32,863 | 3,861 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 423 | 1:36,497 | 5,646 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Indonesia | 265 | 1:499,054 | 40,843 |
| France | 119 | 1:558,174 | 75,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Albania | 26 | 1:112,079 | 10,267 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Lifa (5,187) may also be a first name.
Lifa Demographics
Average Lifa Salary in
United States
$52,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lifa (Hindi: लीफा, Russian: Лифа) is found most in Malawi. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lifa is the 53,313th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 760,625 people. Lifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Lifa reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 94,034th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 5,187 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,817 people, or 1 in 4,485. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 44 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 22 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.
Lifa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lifa has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Lifa surname fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
The amount Lifa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.79% less than the national average, earning R 59,904 per year and in United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lifa in the Hindi language | ||
| लीफा | lipha | - |
| Lifa in the Russian language | ||
| Лифа | lifa | - |
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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 Lifa
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