Lufingo Surname

409,211th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 854 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lufingo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lufingo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8491:62,3586,669
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Lufingo (452) may also be a first name.

Lufingo Last Name Facts

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

Lufingo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lufingo? popularity and diffusion

Lufingo is the 409,211th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,533,426 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lufingo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Lufingo is also the 402,268th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 452 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 849 people, or 1 in 62,358. In Tanzania Lufingo is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 65 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lufiongo931/
Lufino92180/
Loufingou8814/
Lufinga865/
Luphingo801/
Lufina77173/
Lufinha71160/
Lifengo7155/
Lutfina7129/
Lyufina712/
Lufaina711/
Laufiona677/
Luthfina673/
Luphinga671/
Laufeano671/
Lusfuiños631/
Lufegna572/
Luphina571/
Luphenga531/

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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 Lufingo
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