Lift Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lift Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Lift (79) may also be a first name.

Lift Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lift (Arabic: ويفت, Russian: Лифт) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lift? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Lift is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Lift are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Lift is also the 1,083,225th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 79 people.

Lift is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany it is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 65 percent reside and Bavaria, where 35 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Lift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lift has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Lift surname declined 97 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lifte898/
Leift896/
Liuft892/
Hlift891/
Lifft890/
Lif861,431/
Lihftt804/
Leifts801/
Laifth801/
Lifthe801/
Leifet801/
Leiftd800/
Luft7516,757/
Life75953/
Leif75901/
Lief75820/
Left75809/
Liff75740/
Luif75474/
Laif75226/
Lüft75160/
Lifh7545/
Lipf7543/
Loif7518/
Lijf759/
Livf757/
Hlif756/
Lisf755/
Lifs754/
Lihf752/
Lyft752/
Litf752/
Liwf752/
Litv752/
Lhif752/
Libt751/
Lgif751/
Lidf751/
Lizf751/
Liof750/
Liftova7311/
Leiffet734/
Lifstch731/
Leifett730/
Lyuft672,976/
Lieff67232/
Lufft67115/
Luijf6768/
Leife6759/
Laitf6744/
Leipf6743/
Lefft6742/
Lefts6732/
Leiff6713/
Leftt6711/
Leifs679/
Laife679/
Lliff678/
Lefte677/
Liffe676/
Lueft674/
Hleif672/
Glief672/
Luisf671/
Lijjf671/
Lihff671/
Leitf671/
Luftt671/
Loife671/
Laiff671/
Leftz670/

Lift Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lift in the Russian language
Лифтlift-
Lift in the Arabic language
ويفتwyft-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lift
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