Lunfa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Lunfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Lunfa (3,049) may also be a first name.
Lunfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lunfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lunfa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lunfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lunfa is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Lunfa is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Lunfa are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lunfa is also the 130,778th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 3,049 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Lunfa is most common in: Rivers, where 75 percent reside and Plateau, where 25 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in China, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonfa | 80 | 26 | / |
| Lumfa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lunfi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lonfay | 73 | 76 | / |
| Lunpha | 73 | 17 | / |
| Lunfei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Laumfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lonfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lunfer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lunphat | 67 | 52 | / |
| Lounfoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lunfish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lunffer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lunfoot | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leutnpha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lonfo | 60 | 2,307 | / |
| Lumfi | 60 | 2 | / |
| Lomfa | 60 | 1 | / |
| Hlonfo | 55 | 440 | / |
| Lonffo | 55 | 35 | / |
| Lunphe | 55 | 10 | / |
| Lumpha | 55 | 9 | / |
| Loumfe | 55 | 3 | / |
| Lumfoh | 55 | 2 | / |
| Leumfo | 55 | 2 | / |
| Lomfay | 55 | 2 | / |
| Lumfet | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lonfoy | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lonfou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lonhfo | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lumpfer | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lumphay | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lunpher | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Lunfa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis