Lifamba Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lifamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania751:705,88840,428
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590

Lifamba Last Name Facts

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

Lifamba has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lifamba is the 1,736,881st most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lifamba reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Lifamba is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lifambe86115/
Lifomba8634/
Lifemba8621/
Lufamba865/
Lifombi71287/
Lifombe714/
Lifombo714/
Lufemba713/
Lifanva711/
Liofanua6718/
Lefoumba673/
Lufombo5734/
Lephambi531/
Lefoumbou501/

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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 Lifamba
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