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The LIFE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 606 35187 0 2
United States (1880 census) 250 16375 0.001 5
Change since 1880 +356 -18812 +N/A -3
Other Countries
Australia 4 161285 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for LIFE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 96 2544 0.005 53
Ohio 68 19734 0.001 6
Virginia 49 13344 0.001 7
Georgia 45 12987 0.001 5
Florida 41 39053 0.000 3
Top States for LIFE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 96 2544 0.005 53
Nebraska 27 10639 0.002 16
Virginia 49 13344 0.001 7
Ohio 68 19734 0.001 6
Georgia 45 12987 0.001 5

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LIFE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LIFE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LIFE in West Virginia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LIFE by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LIFE

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the LIFE surname.

Ethnic distribution of LIFE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 510 84.16
Black/African American 75 12.38
White (Hispanic) 13 2.15
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LIFE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

LIFE is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of LIFE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LIFE.

Similar names to LIFE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LIFE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LIFE

The following words are slight variants of LIFE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.