Lufa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Lufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lufa (782) may also be a first name.
Lufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lufa (Hindi: लूफा) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lufa.
How Common Is The Last Name Lufa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. Lufa occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Lufa are found; 36 percent are found in Central Africa and 36 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 293,371st most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 782 people.
Lufa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lufa in the Hindi language | ||
| लूफा | lupha | 85.71 |
| लुफा | lupha | 14.29 |
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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 Lufa
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