Life Surname
Approximately 953 people bear this surname
Life Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 576 | 1:307,540 | 17,102 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 68 | 1:358,461 | 22,559 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 250 | 1:200,875 | 17,457 |
Life (9,537) may also be a first name.
Life Demographics
Average Male Life Height
175.27 cm
Average Female Life Height
163.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Life Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Life Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Life (Russian: Лифе) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Life? popularity and diffusion
Life is the 375,572nd most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,646,953 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Life live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 63,273rd most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 9,537 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 576 people, or 1 in 307,540. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 33 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 14 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.
Life Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Life has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Life Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Life earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 139.71% more than the national average, earning R 569,652 per year and in Canada they earn 9.59% more than the national average, earning $54,450 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Life Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Life in the Russian language | ||
| Лифе | life | - |
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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 Life
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