Lifaka Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Lifaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lifaka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lifaka (52) may also be a first name.

Lifaka Last Name Facts

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

Lifaka is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifaka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lifaka is the 3,602,217th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lifaka live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lifaka is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 52 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Not including The DR Congo Lifaka occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lifakah921/
Lifake83589/
Lifoka83281/
Lifeka83221/
Lefaka8339/
Lifaki834/
Liphakha711/
Lisfaker710/
Lefoka671,994/
Lefaki67194/
Lifeko67109/
Lifoko67102/
Lefeka6724/
Lifauckis673/
Lufeka673/
Liface671/
Lifoke671/
Lefako671/
Lifoki671/
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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 Lifaka
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