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
Life (Russian: Лифе) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Life click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Life? popularity and diffusion
The last name Life is the 375,572nd most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,646,953 people. This surname 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 throughout the world, held by 9,537 people.
Life is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 576 people, or 1 in 307,540. In Nigeria Life is most numerous in: Rivers, where 33 percent live, Bayelsa, where 14 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Life Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Life has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Life last name contracted 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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