Lyf Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Lyf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lyf (40) may also be a first name.
Lyf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lyf is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Lyf live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 40 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,034,846. In Ukraine Lyf is primarily found in: Kiev, where 33 percent live, Kharkiv Oblast, where 27 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 13 percent live. Outside of Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 36 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
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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 Lyf
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