Lef Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Lef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Russia501:2,882,461158,532
Netherlands501:337,74438,500
Austria271:315,38635,058
Iran241:3,199,27294,565
France111:6,038,429280,838
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Algeria81:4,828,94449,535
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
England21:27,859,030389,889
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Lef (423) may also be a first name.

Lef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lef (Russian: Леф) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lef? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 891,661st most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Lef live; 31 percent live in Western Europe and 27 percent live in Germanic Europe. Lef is also the 417,739th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 423 people.

The last name Lef is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 7,249,179. In The United States Lef is mostly found in: New York, where 28 percent reside, Colorado, where 22 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside.

Lef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lef has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lef surname increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lef Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lef last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Liberal Democratics than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Lef earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $41,395 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leaf866,194/
Leff864,232/
Leef86945/
Leif86901/
Lief86820/
Left86809/
Lefe86346/
Leuf86107/
Leyf8664/
Lepf8613/
Lefs863/
Letf862/
Lefp862/
Lefz861/
Hlef861/
Lesf861/
Lejf861/
Leafe75778/
Leefe75450/
Lieff75232/
Leffe75139/
Leife7559/
Leaff7548/
Leipf7543/
Lefft7542/
Lepfe7517/
Leffs7514/
Leiff7513/
Leftt7511/
Leifs759/
Leift756/
Lepfh752/
Lehfe752/
Glief752/
Hlefe752/
Hleif752/
Hlefh751/
Lehzf751/
Leefs751/
Leuff751/
Leitf751/
Lehef751/
Leafs751/
Lettf751/
Lewfe751/
Leffz751/
Leyfe750/
Hleff750/
Lew6739,318/
Lev6711,153/
Leb671,569/
Lif671,431/
Lefowa67224/
Lyf6725/
Laheef6712/
Ljf673/
Leaffe672/
Lefova671/
Leipfe671/
Leiffe671/
Leiftd670/

Lef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lef in the Russian language
Лефlef-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lef
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