Lifuti Surname

860,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Lifuti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lifuti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2741:57,8465,277
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Lifuti (156) may also be a first name.

Lifuti Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lifuti is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lifuti? popularity and diffusion

Lifuti is the 860,770th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Lifuti is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lifuti are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lifuti is also the 735,679th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 156 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 57,846. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 80 percent live, Southern Province, where 11 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lifuta8370/
Lefuti8355/
Lifoti8349/
Lifiti834/
Lufuti832/
Lifuty831/
Lefouti77203/
Lifouta7760/
Llifuta7710/
Lifutha772/
Lifute'e7112/
Lefiti67155/
Lifite6718/
Lifota674/
Lefuta674/
Lufute671/
Lefute671/
Lifote671/
Lefouty6263/
Lephuti6258/
Lefutha6215/
Lufuete621/
Lufaute621/
Lephuthi57206/
Lephutai571/
Lesfutty571/
Liffitte571/
Lefite5010/
Laiphuttha501/

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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 Lifuti
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