Lubafu Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Lubafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lubafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia711:223,23814,032
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Lubafu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lubafu is most common in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lubafu.

How Common Is The Last Name Lubafu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,907,068th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lubafu live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 223,238. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 44 percent live, Central Province, where 27 percent live and Luapula Province, where 21 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lubavu83492/
Lubefu8321/
Lubafi8315/
Luvafu835/
Libafu832/
Luwafu832/
Lbfu801/
Loubafo779/
Lubafwa771/
Laubeaf771/
Hlabafu771/
Labaf73214/
Lubof739/
Hlbfu731/
Lapfu731/
Lubav731/
Leubfouo711/
Lapu Afu711/
Lubuva677,497/
Labafi67845/
Labbaf67795/
Lubava67766/
Lubova67395/
Luboff67206/
Labaff67142/
Lubave6779/
Lubavi6772/
Labeaf6723/
Lubavy6719/
Lyubof6718/
Ljubav6710/
Lubaev6710/
Libafi676/
Lubeva676/
Libufu674/
Lebauf673/
Lubiva672/
Lubeuf671/
Lbf671/
Labafa671/
Libavu671/
Lebufu671/
Lebavu671/
Lebofu671/
Hlapfu671/
Labavu671/
Lupefu671/
Lebeaf670/
Leboaf670/
Luwaphu624/

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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 Lubafu
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