Lifambe Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lifambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Lifambe (90) may also be a first name.

Lifambe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lifambe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lifambe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifambe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,701,480th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lifambe live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lifambe is also the 1,005,046th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 90 people.

The surname Lifambe is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lifamba86111/
Lifambu8627/
Lifumbe8610/
Lifombe864/
Lifumbo71548/
Lofembe71413/
Lifombi71287/
Livembe71180/
Lufumbe71170/
Lofambo71138/
Lifumba71101/
Lofamba7168/
Livamba7136/
Lifomba7134/
Lifemba7121/
Levimbe719/
Lafamba716/
Lufamba715/
Lofambu714/
Lofumbe714/
Lifombo714/
Lifumbi711/
Lifimbo711/
Luvhimbe67235/
Lufwamba6768/
Lufuambu6727/
Lufuamba674/
Livhembe671/
Lofumbwe671/
Lufiamba671/
Lufuambo671/
Lifumbwa671/
Livhimbe671/
Lifanva571/
Leffanue5318/
Lefoumba533/
Lephambi531/
Luphembe531/

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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 Lifambe
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