Leefers Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Leefers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leefers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Leefers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leefers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Leefers is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leefers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 985,740th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Leefers live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 2,183,488. In The United States Leefers is primarily found in: Illinois, where 40 percent reside, Nebraska, where 12 percent reside and Iowa, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Leefers is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 21 percent reside and Germany, where 15 percent reside.

Leefers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leefers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leefers last name increased 3,320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leefers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Leefers surname are 44.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 91.67% being registered with the political party.

Leefers earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.11% more than the national average, earning $50,964 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leeffers93101/
Lefers92370/
Leffers861,568/
Liefers86524/
Leafers8640/
Leifers8618/
Lieffers80272/
Loeffers8042/
Leiffers804/
Lefferst801/
Leeferce800/
Lefors77235/
Lofers771/
Lafers770/
Lifers770/
Liffers71438/
Löffers7153/
Laufers7134/
Laffers7131/
Lafears7113/
Leifors713/
Loffers712/
Ålefors712/
Leferce710/
Leffirs710/
Leaphers673/
Åhlefors672/
Ållefors671/
Lifferst671/
Lyfrs671/
Lafors6232/
Lofors6211/
Lyfors629/
Lifors629/
Lifirs621/
Lafars620/
Lövfors5723/
Livfors5715/
Lavfors576/
Lophers575/
Lafférs574/
Laphers571/
Laforsch5388/
Louphers530/

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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
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  • 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 Leefers
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