Lefebre Surname

181,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Lefebre Surname Definition:

(French) The worker in metals, a smith. Also found with the F not capitalized.

Lefebre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7611:476,29340,436
France5291:125,56319,108
Venezuela3141:96,1913,588
Belgium2431:47,3117,687
Canada1371:268,94625,310
Costa Rica1051:45,5241,091
Germany1031:781,60657,825
Uruguay591:58,1656,298
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

The alternate forms: Lefèbre (35), Lefébre (1) & Lèfebre (1) are calculated separately.

Lefebre Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) The worker in metals, a smith. Also found with the F not capitalized.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lefebre Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lefebre (Russian: Лэфебре) is most common in The United States. It may also appear as a variant: Lefèbre, Lefébre or Lèfebre. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefebre? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lefebre is the 181,156th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,101,083 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Lefebre reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 761 people, or 1 in 476,293. In The United States it is most frequent in: Colorado, where 16 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Michigan, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in France, where 23 percent are found and Venezuela, where 13 percent are found.

Lefebre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lefebre has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lefebre last name expanded 1,248 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lefebre Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lefebre surname are 10.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.59% being registered with the political party.

The amount Lefebre earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 27.22% more than the national average, earning $28,882,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.15% more than the national average, earning $47,096 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.45% less than the national average, earning $46,476 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefèbre9535/
Lefébre951/
Lèfebre951/
Lefebres9360/
Leffebre938/
Lefebrre935/
Lefeubre932/
Lefebrer931/
Lefeybre931/
Lefesbre930/
Lefebrie930/
Lefebr926/
Lesffebre881/
Lefevre8671,786/
Lafebre861,118/
Lefabre868/
Lefebra861/
Lefibre860/
Lefievre80294/
Lefeivre80103/
Lefevres8076/
Le'fevre8012/
Lefesvre8010/
Leffevre809/
Lefeevre804/
Lefevrre803/
Llefevre801/
Lefeavre800/
Leffebra800/
Lefaibre800/
Lefevr7746/
Leufeuvre752/
Lefèvre712,625/
Lefévre7136/
Lefevra7128/
Lafabre713/
Lefêvre712/
Lifevre712/
Lafèbre711/
Lefevré711/
Lefevri711/
Lefivre710/
Lafobre710/
Lefaivre67992/
Lafabrie67346/
Lephevre6712/
Léfeuvre671/
Leefivre670/

Lefebre Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lefebre in the Russian language
Лэфебреlefebre-

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