Lifs Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Lifs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lifs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lifs is more frequently found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lifs is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Lifs are found; 50 percent are found in East Asia and 50 percent are found in Sino-East Asia.

This surname is most widespread in Taiwan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 11,722,373. In Taiwan it is mostly concentrated in: Yilan County, where 100 percent live. Barring Taiwan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and Thailand, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leifs899/
Liefs890/
Lif861,431/
Lifshe802/
Laifhs801/
Life75953/
Leif75901/
Lief75820/
Liff75740/
Libs75499/
Luif75474/
Laif75226/
Lifh7545/
Lipf7543/
Livs7534/
Lift7528/
Loif7518/
Lijf759/
Livf757/
Hlif756/
Lisf755/
Lefs753/
Lufs752/
Lihf752/
Liwf752/
Litf752/
Lhif752/
Liws752/
Lizf751/
Lifx751/
Lidf751/
Lgif751/
Liof750/
Lieff67232/
Luijf6768/
Leife6759/
Leiws6745/
Laitf6744/
Leipf6743/
Leibs6731/
Libsz6729/
Luibs6719/
Leffs6714/
Leiff6713/
Laife679/
Lliff678/
Leift676/
Liffe676/
Liews674/
Hleif672/
Glief672/
Leivs672/
Loife671/
Luisf671/
Leisv671/
Leisw671/
Leafs671/
Leefs671/
Lefse671/
Laiff671/
Lijjf671/
Liszv671/
Hlift671/
Leitf671/
Lifce671/
Liphs671/
Lihff671/
Luffs670/
Lifft670/
Lishw670/

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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 Lifs
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