Lyf Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Lyf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lyf 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
Ukraine151:3,034,846176,305
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

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 surname Lyf occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Lyf live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Lyf is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 40 people.

Lyf is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,034,846. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Kiev, where 33 percent live, Kharkiv Oblast, where 27 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 13 percent live. Apart from Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 36 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.

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
Layf86574/
Leyf8664/
Luyf8616/
Loyf8610/
Lyfh864/
Lyzf862/
Lyft862/
Lhyf861/
Lyff861/
Lydf861/
Lysf861/
Layfh751/
Lyoff751/
Leyfe750/
Lif671,431/
Lef67301/
Lyv6714/
Lyw6712/
Ljf673/
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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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