Lufuma Surname

47,042nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lufuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lufuma Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8,9681:8,2381,019
Angola1,7751:15,2051,826
Zambia2201:72,0456,234
Namibia351:68,8407,364
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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Lufuma (122) may also be a first name.

Lufuma Last Name Facts

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

Lufuma is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lufuma? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lufuma is the 47,042nd most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 662,023 people. The surname Lufuma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lufuma reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Lufuma is also the 844,248th most numerous given name on earth It is held by 122 people.

Lufuma is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 8,968 people, or 1 in 8,238. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 16 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lufuema9234/
Lupfuma921/
Lufouma921/
Loufouma864,855/
Lufoma83685/
Lufume83180/
Lifuma8369/
Lufima832/
Lufuemo7762/
Loufoumi715/
Lifumo6796/
Liphuma623/
Luphomma572/
Lifimo5068/
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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 Lufuma
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