Lefebvre Surname

4,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128,621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lefebvre Surname Definition:

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

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Lefebvre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France79,1991:83920
Canada30,3471:1,21486
United States8,4121:43,0885,286
Belgium7,8971:1,45670
Morocco4431:77,82413,257
Thailand2861:246,98741,867
Australia2821:95,72910,881
New Caledonia2811:98326
Switzerland1331:61,7517,653
England1191:468,21930,572
Argentina1171:365,32828,402
Spain1111:421,19022,576
Netherlands1031:163,95324,033
Brazil1021:2,098,76866,021
Germany921:875,05962,702
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
French Polynesia611:4,6031,039
Paraguay601:120,6122,672
Japan491:2,609,06731,334
Luxembourg381:15,2773,461
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Portugal281:372,08012,265
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Israel141:611,26042,949
Monaco141:2,648179
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Sweden131:757,44356,422
United Arab Emirates131:704,79025,221
Austria121:709,62061,025
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Burkina Faso91:2,039,12215,494
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
China91:151,924,6187,954
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Wales61:515,75523,171
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Saint Pierre and Miquelon51:1,280241
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Malta41:107,5681,849
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Panama41:978,06412,245
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: Lefèbvre (605), Lefébvre (6) & Léfebvre (1) are calculated separately.

Lefebvre (141) may also be a first name.

Lefebvre 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

Old French, le fevre, a workman, particularly a smith, like the Latin falter. Modern French has rejected the word and substituted forgeron, though the surname is nearly as common in France as Smith is with us. Many settlements of Le Fevres have taken place in England, and at least half a dozen different coats of arms are now associated with the name in this country. The Lefevres of Heekfield came from the neighbourhood of Rouen, and established themselves in England at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, settling in Essex and Hampshire. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

Faure is a frequent surname in the South-East area of France, coming from the Occitan language word meaning 'blacksmith'.

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Lefebvre Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lefebvre is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Lefèbvre, Lefébvre or Léfebvre. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefebvre? popularity and diffusion

Lefebvre is the 4,379th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 56,659 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Lefebvre reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Lefebvre is also the 778,371st most common first name worldwide, borne by 141 people.

The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 79,199 people, or 1 in 839. In France it is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 38 percent live, Normandy, where 17 percent live and Île-de-France, where 14 percent live. Aside from France this last name occurs in 101 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Lefebvre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lefebvre has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lefebvre last name grew 56,080 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 5,950 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lefebvre Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lefebvre are 0.050000000000004% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.28% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lefebvre earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 268.05% more than the national average, earning €110,526 per year; in Peru they earn 305.03% more than the national average, earning S/. 78,516 per year; in South Africa they earn 75.77% less than the national average, earning R 57,576 per year; in United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,754 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.7% less than the national average, earning $43,372 CAD per year.

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