Lifunda Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Lifunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Lifunda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lifunda is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifunda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lifunda reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,169,984. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 40 percent live, Southern Province, where 40 percent live and Western Province, where 20 percent live. Besides Zambia it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lufunda865,186/
Lifundo866/
Lifunde861/
Lifoundi801/
Lufundo71829/
Lifondo7136/
Lifondi7122/
Lifonde714/
Lefundo712/
Lefundes67278/
Lifondee672/
Lefounde671/
Lefondo572/
Lefondi571/
Lefonde571/
Liphondo5361/
Luphundo539/
Lephundo531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lifunda
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