Lufus Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Lufus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Lufus (18) may also be a first name.
Lufus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lufus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lufus is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lufus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Lufus occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Lufus are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lufus is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Lufus is primarily found in: Enugu, where 67 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loufus | 91 | 8 | / |
| Lufuse | 91 | 1 | / |
| Luffus | 91 | 0 | / |
| Lufu | 89 | 11,692 | / |
| Liufu | 80 | 362 | / |
| Lufau | 80 | 110 | / |
| Laufu | 80 | 18 | / |
| Lufut | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lutfu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lufeu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Luufu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lufou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luifu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luffu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lufos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lufui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lifus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Liufau | 73 | 243 | / |
| Lleufu | 73 | 44 | / |
| Laufou | 73 | 43 | / |
| Laufau | 73 | 19 | / |
| Lufaut | 73 | 10 | / |
| Loufou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Luifau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Luffau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leufeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lufuhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luufau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liefus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Loufouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lufuije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleufut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lifusch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leufaut | 67 | 0 | / |
| Loofu | 60 | 21 | / |
| Luphu | 60 | 0 | / |
| Liphus | 55 | 0 | / |
| Liphaus | 50 | 29 | / |
| Luiphut | 50 | 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
- 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 Lufus
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