Lufu Surname
Approximately 11,692 people bear this surname
Lufu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 11,103 | 1:6,654 | 809 |
| Botswana | 309 | 1:7,077 | 1,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 153 | 1:100,904 | 14,195 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lufu (858) may also be a first name.
Lufu Demographics
Average Lufu Salary in
South Africa
R 267,948
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lufu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lufu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lufu is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lufu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lufu is the 44,420th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 623,293 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lufu reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 278,018th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 858 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 11,103 people, or 1 in 6,654. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Lufu Last Name Statistics demography
Lufu earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.75% more than the national average, earning R 267,948 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liufu | 89 | 362 | / |
| Lufau | 89 | 110 | / |
| Laufu | 89 | 18 | / |
| Lufus | 89 | 17 | / |
| Lufut | 89 | 4 | / |
| Lutfu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Luufu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lufeu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Luifu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Luffu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lufou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lufui | 89 | 1 | / |
| Liufau | 80 | 243 | / |
| Lleufu | 80 | 44 | / |
| Laufou | 80 | 43 | / |
| Laufau | 80 | 19 | / |
| Lufaut | 80 | 10 | / |
| Loufus | 80 | 8 | / |
| Loufou | 80 | 3 | / |
| Luifau | 80 | 2 | / |
| Luffau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lufuhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leufeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luufau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luffus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lifu | 75 | 2,175 | / |
| Loufouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lufuije | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lleufut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leufaut | 73 | 0 | / |
| Loofu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Liffu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lifui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luphu | 67 | 0 | / |
| Luiphut | 55 | 1 | / |
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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 Lufu
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