Lotfi
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lotfi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 86th most common given name.
- TNTunisia≈1 in 651(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.6K
- MAMorocco≈1 in 7.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 246 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 651 (inferred from the name graph)
≈27,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lotfi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #86 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | listed | Lotfi | 66 |
| TN Tunisia | #24 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 651 | 1.9K | Lotfi | 76 |
| MA Morocco | #721 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | listed | Lotfi | 78 |
| FR France | — | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 1.7K | Lotfi | 246 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈970 est. | ≈1 in 64K | 1 | Lotfi | 19 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 220 | Lotfi | 24 |
| ES Spain | — | 362 | 1 in 138K | 487 | Lotfi | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lutfi al-Haffarb. 1891SYnot in their usual nameformer Syrian prime minister (1891–1968)
- Lotfi A. Zadehb. 1921USAmerican electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017)
- Lotfi Mansourib. 1929USOpera director, manager (1929–2013)
- Lotfi Dzirib. 1946TNTunisian actor (1946-2013)
- Lotfi Achourb. 1953TNFrench-Tunisian writer, producer and director
- Lotfi Bouchnakb. 1954TNTunisian singer, oudist and composer
- Lotfi Bouchouchib. 1964DZAlgerian film director
- Lotfi Abdellib. 1970TNTunisian actor and comedian
- Tony Zarouelb. 1985FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor
- Luṭfī FaṭīmEGnot in their usual nameEgyptian psychiatrist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 44 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 487 | #8,191 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 487 | #8,168 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 220 | #8,116 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 103 | #15,177 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 81 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 69 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lotfi a male or female name?
- Lotfi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Lotfi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Lotfi in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lotfi.
- How common is the name Lotfi?
- In Spain, the national register counted 362 people named Lotfi, about 1 in 138 thousand residents.
- How common is Lotfi compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Lotfi is the 86th most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lotfi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lotfiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lotfi” — the 86th most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.