Lifa Surname

53,313th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,581 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3,8171:4,485624
Algeria2,1111:18,3003,362
Tanzania1,6111:32,8633,861
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
Zimbabwe4231:36,4975,646
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Indonesia2651:499,05440,843
France1191:558,17475,634
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Albania261:112,07910,267
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
England41:13,929,515290,718
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Lifa (5,187) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laifa896,444/
Liffa891,259/
Loifa89572/
Lifoa89398/
Lifai89140/
Lifau89140/
Lifas89121/
Lifah8981/
Liufa8940/
Lipfa8924/
Luifa8924/
Lifat8920/
Leifa8912/
Lisfa894/
Lifad894/
Lifay893/
Lifap892/
Lifea892/
Lifaa891/
Liofa891/
Lifaj891/
Laifah80246/
Liufau80243/
Liffah80157/
Lifaat8022/
Liufai8018/
Leifat8012/
Loifah8011/
Laiffa806/
Luifau802/
Lifaya802/
Leifah802/
Livfau801/
Lifatt801/
Laifai801/
Hlifat801/
Luifai801/
Lifaut801/
Laisfa801/
Liefaa801/
Laifas801/
Liffas800/
Lefa751,732/
Life75953/
Lifo75517/
Lifi75450/
Lufa75175/
Lify7513/
Lyfa754/
Léfa751/
Lifj751/
Laifatt7315/
Liffaud737/
Loifeau732/
Littfay732/
Laifait731/
D'Leifa731/
Liffaut731/
Leffa67826/
Lefas67804/
Lefay67692/
Lipha67544/
Lifio67530/
Hlifi67468/
Liefo67401/
Lifer67384/
Loyfa67245/
Luifi67201/
Lifee67140/
Leifi67111/
Lufau67110/
Livah6797/
Letfa6782/
Leafa6781/
Lefai6760/
Leife6759/
Lufai6759/
Laifi6751/
Lefea6748/
Lefoa6747/
Leufa6743/
Lefad6738/
Litfi6737/
Lifei6736/
Liufo6725/
Lefau6724/
Laifo6717/
Lifou6711/
Lisfi6711/
Lefat6710/
Laife679/
Lifit678/
Lefah678/
Lifos678/
Luffa677/
Leefa677/
Liffe676/
Lefaa676/
Lifis675/
Lifes675/
Lifot675/
Lifop675/
Lifey674/
Lehfa674/
Layfa674/
Liffi674/
Liffy674/
Littfass674/
Liofo673/
Lifeh673/
Lifui672/
Liefe672/
Lifet672/
Lifeu672/
Lifii672/
Lufea672/
Lifed671/
Liffo671/
Leyfa671/
Lesfa671/
Lefga671/
Leifheat671/
Lifoo671/
Loife671/
Loifo671/
Lèfas671/
Lajfa671/
Lefha671/
Leifo671/
Lifoh671/
Lifoz671/
Lifie670/

Lifa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lifa in the Hindi language
लीफाlipha-
Lifa in the Russian language
Лифаlifa-

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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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