Lufume Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

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

Lufume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lufume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Kenya531:871,31932,675
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236

Lufume Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lufume is found most in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lufume? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lufume is the 1,272,314th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Lufume is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lufume reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Besides The DR Congo it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

Lufume Last Name Statistics demography

Lufume earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.02% less than the national average, earning R 61,728 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lufum9117/
Lufuma8311,008/
Lefume83376/
Lufumu8341/
Lifume8334/
Lafume8318/
Lufeme831/
Lufm801/
Lfum801/
Lufuemo7762/
Lufuema7734/
Lafumee7711/
Lefoume7710/
Lupfuma771/
Lufouma771/
Lofum732/
Lufma731/
Lufem731/
Lefum731/
Lafum731/
Loufouma714,855/
Loufoumi715/
Ly Fumey711/
Liufimae711/
La Fumee710/
Luvuma671,721/
Lefuma67751/
Lufoma67685/
Lifame67630/
Lifumo6796/
Luvumu6772/
Lifuma6769/
Luvumo6761/
Lafuma6754/
Lofumo6742/
Lofuma6735/
Lofumu6734/
Louvum6729/
Lofeme6713/
Lfm677/
Lofome674/
Lufima672/
Lafime672/
Lufama672/
Lefame672/
Lufemi672/
Lafeme671/
Lefime671/
Lhuvum671/
Lafuam671/
Lefeme671/
Lafame671/
Lafoum671/
Lefyme671/
Luveme671/
Livume671/
Lufema671/
Luvumi671/
Lefumi671/
Lefumu671/
Lafome670/
Laffum670/

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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 Lufume
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