Lifu Surname

193,388th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Lifu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0211:173,49910,732
Indonesia6241:211,93819,916
Romania1611:124,70713,682
Taiwan1141:205,6561,765
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Solomon Islands531:10,9441,926
Russia321:4,503,846209,401
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
China181:75,962,3094,162
United States81:45,307,367917,113
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Lifu (2,138) may also be a first name.

Lifu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lifu (Russian: Лифу) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 193,388th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,350,596 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Lifu are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lifu is also the 162,405th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 2,138 people.

The last name Lifu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,021 people, or 1 in 173,499. In Nigeria Lifu is most numerous in: Cross River, where 82 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Bauchi, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Romania, where 7 percent live.

Lifu Last Name Statistics demography

Lifu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.29% more than the national average, earning $57,946 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liufu89362/
Loifu89229/
Lifau89140/
Laifu8960/
Lifou8911/
Liffu893/
Lifeu892/
Lifui892/
Lifut892/
Leifu891/
Luifu891/
Lifus890/
Liufau80243/
Leifus803/
Luifau802/
Lipfou801/
Lifaut801/
Laifou801/
Livfau801/
Lufu7511,692/
Lefu752,070/
Lyfu752/
Ljfu751/
Liffaud737/
Liffaut731/
Lifusch731/
Lefeu67280/
Leafu67247/
Lefuy67114/
Lufau67110/
Lefou6775/
Lithfous6733/
Lefau6724/
Lefui6716/
Leyfu6710/
Loyfu676/
Hlefu674/
Lefut673/
Luufu672/
Leffu672/
Lufeu672/
Ljpfu671/
Lufou671/
Layfu671/
Lufui671/
Lefud671/
Lifoo671/
Luffu671/

Lifu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lifu in the Russian language
Лифуlifu-

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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 Lifu
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