Lijf Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Lijf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lijf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lijf Last Name Facts

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

Lijf is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lijf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Lijf live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,110,897. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 75 percent live, South Holland, where 13 percent live and Utrecht, where 13 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luijf8968/
Lijjf891/
Lif861,431/
Ljf863/
Luiijf8084/
Life75953/
Leif75901/
Lief75820/
Liff75740/
Luif75474/
Laif75226/
Lifh7545/
Lipf7543/
Lift7528/
Loif7518/
Livf757/
Hlif756/
Lisf755/
Lifs754/
Litf752/
Lihf752/
Liwf752/
Lajf752/
Lhif752/
Ljfh752/
Hljf751/
Lejf751/
Lidf751/
Lgif751/
Lljf751/
Ljff751/
Ljzf751/
Lijv751/
Lujf751/
Lizf751/
Liof750/
Liajoff7313/
Lieff67232/
Leife6759/
Laitf6744/
Leipf6743/
Laiif6719/
Leiff6713/
Luiyf6712/
Leifs679/
Lijow679/
Laife679/
Lliff678/
Laief677/
Layif677/
Leift676/
Liffe676/
Lajaf673/
Lajif672/
Hleif672/
Leijb672/
Glief672/
Lihff671/
Lljvf671/
Ljcwf671/
Luiof671/
Lijaw671/
Leitf671/
Hlift671/
Loife671/
Laiff671/
Luief671/
Luisf671/
Lijev671/
Liyaf671/
Lifft670/

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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 Lijf
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